MNA Nurses fill out hundreds of Concern For Safe Staffing forms online each month. The story below is just one example of how unsafe staffing conditions inside Minnesota hospitals continue to have negative – and sometimes even deadly – consequences for patients and nurses. (Note: Due to HIPAA privacy laws for patients and concerns for potential workplace retaliation by employers against RNs, we do not identify the specific nurse and/or patient(s) involved in each story in this space.)
Today’s Story: Charge nurse had 3 moms and 2 babies; one requiring constant help with newborn cares and breastfeeding. One staff nurse had 5 moms and 5 babies, including a new Caesarean birth and a new vaginal delivery with significant postpartum hemorrhage. Another nurse had 5 moms and 5 babies- 2 mothers requiring constant help with breastfeeding and 2 babies requiring bottle feeding every 2-3 hours. One nurse had 4 moms and 4 babies including a new C-section birth with MRSA precautions and a non-English speaking new vaginal delivery. Nursery RN was a casual staff member with 3 babies under her care most of the shift.
