I am a RN supervisor at a rural hospital in virginia. We have a very
small ER with a LPN and then me supervising. The med/surg floor is
also very small. Recently they have had a lot of nurses quit. My
problem is that they are wanting me to cover the med/surg floor as the
only RN in the hospital and also supervise the LPN in the ER. My
problem with this is you have to have a RN to triage in the ER and
since my name has to go on the paper work I do not feel comfortable
leaving the ER when there is a patient. The other problem is that you
have to have a RN on the med/surg floor at all times also. What if
someone passes away because of this. I don't feel that this is safe
for patients or my license. Can someone please give me some input.

Thanks for the time and support.
Chris