PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) — A concerned Tampa Bay area nurse is turning to 8 On Your Side about patient safety issues.
Gloria Wolfe is a registered nurse who said she’s seen too many hospitals and facilities overfilled with patients who do not have enough nurses to care for them with the quality they deserve.
“It all comes down to the bottom line: profits before patients and it’s disgusting,” said Wolfe.
Wolfe has a passion for taking care of people. She grew up in the medical community and became a nurse a few years ago, working at two area facilities.
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“When I’m at one facility, I’m taking on up to six to seven patients, and another facility up to five patients,” she said. “I go home I’m burnt down. I’ve got three kids that want my attention and it’s hard it affects my home life and my work life.”
Wolfe said when there aren’t enough nurses to care for patients, some are left without care and that’s when she says medical errors happen.