Nurses have an 'unsustainable workload'
According to INO president Madeline Spiers "It is not unusual in a medical-surgical acute ward for a nurse to have responsibility for 13 patients during an afternoon shift and for up to 30 patients at night.
"At a personal level I am continually alarmed at the unsustainable workload being carried out by dedicated nursing professionals in our hospitals throughout the country," she added.
