“I was a charge nurse for many years. I worked in a very busy, short-staffed labor and delivery unit. The ratio of patients should be 1:2 or 1:1 depending on the acuity of the patient. As charge nurse, I would have to take patient assignments also, at most one time, I had 6 patients as I was in charge. I was put in unsafe positions way too often. “Leadership” never would help on the floor. The management team and the director were very hands-off and did not help. I worked at Christiana Care, labor and delivery for 19.5 years. The non- support and unsafe care led me to leave.“
