Patient to Nurse Ratios: What are yours?

Florida
L & D
1 :1 or on a busy day 2:1
Dayshift 7a-7p

Maryland
Baltimore
MICU
2 patients (usually) to 1 RN
Occ 1 nurse to 1 patient (depending on acuity)
12 hour dayshift

State
City
Unit worked
Patient load
Shift

California
ICU
1 or 2, based on acuity
Nocs

State TX
City Ft Worth
Unit worked TRAUMA/TELE (PCU UNIT)
Patient load 3-4
Shift TRAINING ON DAYS ~GOING TO NIGHTS~PT LOAD SAME


We have a 36 bed unit with 2 charge nurses who do not do pt care, 2 unit clerks, & 2 techs who collect all vitals including BS. The techs also do baths & linens on good days, as well as other delagated tasks.

Houston, Texas
Med Surg
5-7 patients
7a-7p

Central Florida
Emergency Dept.
4 patients (can add a hallway bed for one additional during high volume times...aka almost always)
19:00-07:00

Tennessee
telemetry
anywhere from 4:1 to 10:1
11p-7a (rarely if ever pct or cna.......2 RNs and 2 to 3 LPNs )

It's usually fine, we all work together great.... some nights get crazy (light staff and lots of new admits....especially admits that don't particularly belong on our unit) .... but all is usually well by end of shift

I'm interested to see responses from nurses outside the USA in this query...

I float so it depends on the dept.

Northern Colorado
Medical, Neuro, Tele, Ortho
1:6
Surg, Onc
1:4-5

7p-7a
They just changed our ratio. It used to be max 5. We even lucky if we have an aide sometimes.

California

Med/Surg
1:4

6a-6p