# Our staff, already skeletal, will become vaporous tomorrow

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [October 7, 2019, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-staff-already-skeletal-will-become-vaporous-tomorrow/841387 "2019-10-07T01:48:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\
**Post date:** [October 7, 2019, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-staff-already-skeletal-will-become-vaporous-tomorrow/841387/21 "2019-10-07T20:18:38Z")

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It was totally disorganized. Or unorganized. I’d offer to show them how it’s done except it’s not my fight.

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**Author:** ![steatopygia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steatopygia/32/3132_2.png) [@steatopygia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steatopygia)\
**Post date:** [October 8, 2019, 8:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/our-staff-already-skeletal-will-become-vaporous-tomorrow/841387/22 "2019-10-08T08:35:03Z")

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> [@Johnny\_L.A](#):
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> Mrs. L.A. worked in nursing homes before she got her BSN. She said many such facilities do not meet legal staffing minimums, nor industry guidelines as to the amount of time patients should receive. ISTR her mentioning that at a place in another state, there was one nurse for 30 patients.
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> Her capstone project for her BSN was about this situation.

IME this is very common. Nursing homes typically pay less than other nursing jobs and are seen as less desirable (partly because of the staffing).

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