Covid
ICU

January 14, 2023 -- Watch the video. What an ICU is really like. Great footage from nurse-worn GoPros. I watched it when it came out and, two years later, it still moves me: New York Times: Death, Through a Nurse's Eyes by nursing hero Pat Benner (of my alma mater UCSF).

Been there, done that, hated it. I have nursed on Covid-infected units. Here, the topic is Covid-infected ICUs.

California is the only state in the nation that has legally mandated nurse staffing ratios. In med/surg (the kind of nursing I have done most) it's 5:1 (one nurse has up to five patients). In ICU it's 2:1. California is enlightened. Be proud.

Go sustainably-staffed nursing units! Go Pat Benner! Go California nurses!

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