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Old 10-04-2013, 09:19 PM
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Originally Posted by ilovetv View Post
There is a long thread here from June, 2013, about how nurses at both TVRH and Leesburg have been subjected to reductions to staffing, seniority, choice of shifts, etc. that have led to experienced, knowing nurses being fed up and quitting and going elsewhere in search of working conditions that are more conducive to patient safety.
Been there 2 years and don't know one nurse that left for patient safety reasons. Many nurses come and go but that's no different than anywhere. Many are still with the hospital but on different units or different shifts. As far as I know our nurse to patient ratio is on par with most hospitals in the U.S. (i.e. med/surg 5 or 6 to 1; icu 2:1 etc.)

PS> Just re-read every post in that thread you linked. Most of it was pathetic overstatements with very little fact behind it. There was almost no mention of people leaving TVRH or Leesburg for patient safety reasons. Let's also remember that TVRH is part of CFHA and is not run or operated by the Morse family. We are growing by about 100 beds (including 27 in the ED) over the next two years. Funding is getting squeezed by Medicare (our main source) but I'm sure it's the same everywhere.