Situation: You are the Head Nurse of the Medical Intensive Care Unit with a bed occupancy of 15. The unit is oftentimes full of patients. You have a present staff of 10 nurses and 5 nursing attendants. Because of understaffing, you have started to cancel some of duties to be given “at a later date.” Overtime has been frequent. The staff have started to complain. Some called in sick while absences became frequent. You formally request for additional staff but two floaters refused claiming they have no experience in the ICU. You are given two new volunteer licensed nurse who do not have training in the ICU either but are willing to be trained. Question: With the present situation, what recommendations could be made to meet the problems of your unit?
Situation: You are the Head Nurse of the Medical Intensive Care Unit with a bed occupancy of 15. The unit is oftentimes full of patients. You have a present staff of 10 nurses and 5 nursing attendants. Because of understaffing, you have started to cancel some of duties to be given “at a later date.” Overtime has been frequent. The staff have started to complain. Some called in sick while absences became frequent. You formally request for additional staff but two floaters refused claiming they have no experience in the ICU. You are given two new volunteer licensed nurse who do not have training in the ICU either but are willing to be trained. Question: With the present situation, what recommendations could be made to meet the problems of your unit?
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- Situation: You are the Head Nurse of the Medical Intensive Care Unit with a bed occupancy of 15. The unit is oftentimes full of patients. You have a present staff of 10 nurses and 5 nursing attendants.
Because of understaffing, you have started to cancel some of duties to be given “at a later date.” Overtime has been frequent. The staff have started to complain. Some called in sick while absences became frequent.
You formally request for additional staff but two floaters refused claiming they have no experience in the ICU. You are given two new volunteer licensed nurse who do not have training in the ICU either but are willing to be trained.
Question: With the present situation, what recommendations could be made to meet the problems of your unit?
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