"I'm So Overwhelmed Doing Nothing"

I haven't shared this story, but good God, what are people thinking?

So my mom's psych unit she works for has no full time doctors right now. They can't fill the positions. So they have this part time doctor. I mean, Mom says she's competent and knows her stuff. BUT...she REFUSES to admit anybody. Why? She "feels overwhelmed."

Now, let me give you guys a little background information. This unit is a 28 bed unit. There is also a 28 bed geriatric psych unit too. The latter is where my mom usually works. There's on average, about 15 to each side.

Because Dr. Douche "feels overwhelmed," they have had to close the geriatric unit. Which, usually means Mom just get bumped to the adult side.

On Sunday, the patient count was 9, with two being discarged Monday. When it gets this low, people are called off for low census...without pay. My mom was called off Monday for low census. The patient count was 7. Mom was supposed to work tonight, and got called off AGAIN for low census. The patient count is now 5. On a 56 psych ward, you can only have 5 patients, because a Dr. "feels overwhelmed?" WTF IS THAT?!?!?!?!

A monkey in a straightjacket could handle this better.

I'm betting $20 tomorrow that the patient count is 3. I'm also laying $50 on the table that me and this Dr. (I made sure to ask Mom her name) have a little phone conversation tomorrow. Any takers?

$100 prop bet that I call hospital administration after this.

Seriously, my mom is only sustaining herself and two cats (half the strain without me), and can't even make ends meet over this! She needs to eat too!