New Staffing Grid for Medsurg - Thoughts?
This is the new grid for my medsurg floor. Hospitals are always pushing patient experience levels and how to raise them. They ask us how they can make things better for workers and then do the complete opposite. If you’ve ever worked on medsurg you know the lights are constant and non stop. A slow day? Almost rare. A day where a CNA or a nurse is able to relax and actually enjoy work? Rare. It seems like management and whoever makes the grids are looking for ways to put more pressure on workers to constantly be up on their feet and busy. Anyways, this is the new grid what are your thought?
Ex: 7 patients. How is 1 RN supposed to be primary to 5 patients? And a charge nurse is primary to 2 patients with all charge nurse duties and responsibilities? They send a CNA home with 7 patients. 1 CNA to handle 12 different patients? Outrageous. CNAs are essential. We are the ones answering the call lights and doing the dirty work so RNs can complete their work on time. Finding help to boost or clean up a heavy patient is already limited.
I think we’re going to see an increase in injuries. Decrease in patient experience scores. And higher turnover rate with burnt out workers. The old grid was 2 techs for 12 patients ect. They’ve cut the grid in half with half the help when we’ve already been drowning.