ICU: Our acuities were high, and staffing was low. Our ICU, with 24 beds, was already full. The staffing situation for that night was so poor that instead of our RNs having a 2:1 patient-nurse ratio, we were forced into 3:1 assignments. Despite the challenging circumstances, we couldn’t have asked for a better team of
Life and death in the ICU: a night of heroism, tragedy, and budgetary battles originally appeared in KevinMD.com.
