I have been a nurse for 40 years. The hospital I worked at during the years 1970 through 1980 the evening and night shift intensive care nurses always had to clean our own rooms after pt discharge and get ready for the next admit.Plus most of the time we were already short staffed. I remember us being under great stress to get it done in 5 minutes or less because we didn’t have time to be away from our patients much longer than that. Ask yourself how well do you think you can clean a room in 5 minutes? Do you want to sleep in that bed? Vanderbilt needs to cut jobs at the top, starting with the manager who sent the e-mail about Florence Nightingale. Vanderbilt also needs to ask themselves how much does it cost to train a really good nurse? Because you are fixing to see your nursing staff leave your sinking ship like rats.

Companies or Hospitals are in the business of making a profit, even though Nurses care for patients they are used solely to profit the business ,no matter what…they better provide all essentials that is needed to keep those people alive and safe from all harm while following all standards in Health Care protocols or else. That’s why its such a high-turnover rate in this business. So being a Florence Nightingale is no joke. You have to be dedicated, flexible, and Christ-like with angel wings to get things done. But after its all done and said, injuries occur from working at such a fast pace. Hopefully a nurse can make a comeback in another area in the Healthcare field. If the injuries sustained while doing this line or work(from all the heavy lifting, twisting, and turning required) are not too devastating and is given another chance at productivity at their work level. I am a Nurse an LPN, and with over 20yrs of experience in the Nursing Home Industry and this is my story.