Originally Posted by TWnursingstudent
I am in a facility with 3 halls with 29 on two of them and 18 on the third, we also have an assisted living floor with 17 residents. We have 2 nurses on third shift, one responsible for two halls (29) (18) emergencies in assisted living, and then one nurse that is for the other hall of 29 by itself.
TWnursingstudent! where are you? That's a lot of responsibility for one nurse. I work at a 250 bed hospital we have 4-5 RN and 1-2 LPN at nights depending on the census. My floor holds 40 patients.