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ER Nursing Workload
I ended up calling 911 for myself a few months ago. Living alone and finding myself with a sudden onset of intensely painful lower back. The pain, the uncertain knowledge of the cause, and experiencing this alone was enough for me to want to be seen by a doctor. The paramedics who attending the call were calm, gentle and reassuring, and once we arrived in the emergency department they stayed with me until I was given a designated stretcher ... in the hallway
This is current protocol here in Nova Scotia due to patient numbers and available nurse numbers. Unfortunately this is the ripple effect of low nursing staff numbers. When paramedics must stay to attend the patients in the emergency room it leaves others who need an ambulance waiting much longer for help. Sometimes, as you may read in your own local media, help arrives too late. Nursing staffing numbers do affect what goes on elsewhere in our health care systems. Governments respond by trying to hire more EMTs, Medics, etc but would this measure even be necessary if there were enough nurses available? I wonder
I was treated well and I guess timely enough, sent home with medications once I passed my first kidney stone (that was a surprise; no family history of that for me)
What is your experience with nursing workloads in emergency departments where you live/work?
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