Nurse/patient ratios

[caregiver11]

What is the state you practice in?

What is your type floor e.g. medsurg, or tele.?

What is your nurse to patient ratio?

[lowell00]

transitional care unit 7am to 7pm 4-5 patients per nurse

[bellehill, RN]

Traveler in Ohio

Medical Neuro with tele

nights

6-7:1

[acuteobrn]

Illinois

L/D-nights

1-3 depends on acuity

[Sepdrn]

I work in Massachusets

CCU/cardiac-medical

Ratio is 1 nurse to 2 or 3 patients most of the time

[picu75rn]

I work in Ca.

Peds/Maternal Child

Ratio is 6pts to 1RN on nights in peds ( and in the winter this number goes up)

[oldgirl, RN]

Illinois-med/surg-heavy on the med, with stable vents in the mix some of the time. 11P-7A, with 7-9 patients. 2 CNA's with 10-14 patients each. This is a big improvement from the last few years when we had 9-11 each on the night shift.

[ernurse728, LPN]

Maryland

ED

1 nurse to 4 Pt's

day shift 8a-8p

[Vadillo]

Working in Madrid (Spain)

In a medical/surgery/burns ICU

1 nurse to 1 to 3 pt

[kateRN]

Ohio

I work on a cardiac stepdown tele unit....

4-5 on days

6-7 on nights

[jakesmom]

Work in Columbus Ohio

On a Medical Stepdown Unit

1 RN for 3-4 patients on all shifts

1 Tech for 5 patients

[S.Lunsford RN]

I work in North Carolina

I work on the Medical / Pediatric floor

Our nurse patient ratio varies. Typically it is from 5-7 patients at the begining of the shift (7a-7p) to one nurse. The problem is our turnover. There has been days where I started out with 5 patients, 1 LPN's assessment to do, 4 discharges, and 3 admissions. So if you look at it I had 9 Patient assessments to do, and 9 patients to care for so my ratio was 9:1. It is not easy with this kind of ratio and I feel our patients do NOT get good quality of care.

[LilRedRN1973]

I live in Nevada

We have a med/surg ICU and a trauma ICU.

1 Critical Care Tech per ICU, 1-2 patients per nurse, no CNA