Data from about 200,000 admissions and 177,000 nursing shifts found that patient mortality risks climbed 2% in units with inadequate nursing staff and 4% when high patient turnovers increased nurses' workloads. "Hospitals need to know what their nursing needs are for their patients, and they need to bring staffing into line," said Jack Needleman, senior author of the study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. HealthDay News (3/16)
As a nurse of over 20 years, there have been many changes.
Nursing continues to be a fulfilling and rewarding profession and one that’s easy to love after all of this time. Taking care of my patients and their families, making them feel better and helping them through the illnesses and life threatening diseases that often bring them to the hospital makes coming into work every day worth it. Their care often includes making snap-decisions that will help save their lives and being proficient in medications and life-saving equipment is only part of why experienced nurses are important. Sometimes the care also includes helping them on their journey to a better place, to “go gently into the night”. There are so many parts of what it takes to make the caring, supportive and knowledgeable nurse.
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