Our Lady of Peace

I decided to take a step down job, and I’m normally an icu nurse. It appears on some step down units nurses get immediate post op caths and TAVR patients at a 4:1 ratio and often times slam you with them which in my opinion is a safety issue. Ultrasound is not bedside, weekends are every other and if you call out you have to make up the following weekend no excuses. I often leave work feeling like I couldn’t give the care my patients deserve and the care I’m used to giving.