How much care can nurses provide on acute wards?

[thighofrelief]

My Dad is 86 and has recently had a heart attack, he's currently on the CCU cardiac care unit. The nurses have been so wonderful but as Dad has mild dementia we have had to set up a shift pattern to sit with him 24/7.

Luckily we have been able to do this but the nurses just don't seem to have the resources to provide 1 to 1 care. What happens when patients need this 24/7?

Btw Dad is getting out and the end of the week and what gift should we buuy the nurses?

Don't get so tired that you make yourself ill.

So he had the angio today and it wasn't a HA at all, it was a lung infection that was not cleared due to thickened heart muscle. He's coming home tomorrow and this is my last night shift whoop whoop whoop.