It is pointed out therefore for the benefit oF those who feel that the Country Hospital is under-staffes that the ratio locally exceeds these accepted figures, as there are and) have been 26 nurses in the hospital acting their routine Hours of floor: duty, and at no time in the Hospital's existence have there been more than patients ut the same time, the ratio therefore being practically a nurse for 4
All Bloor nurses on the day star work on eight howe duty, the shifts: being respectively 739 oan. to 12.30 noon and off duty from 12.30 pam. tik 30, and on again from 4.30 to 7.30! Pani; or alternately on duty from 7:30 am, unt) 4.30 p.m, with suitable arrangements for tiffin. The nursing sisters get one day off each week, and probationers (pupil nurses) get one halt day off each week.
The night staff work 12 how to say from 7.10 pam. until aum, Nursing sisters are on night duty for (we months running, and Ketone night off each week; pro-dationers are on night duty for one month at a time, and get-no night off during this period, but at the end of the month get an extra free day. The night duty averages about one month in every four for probationers, and for the sisters, doing two months at a time, it averages about once a year.
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