Appropriate staffing

Dec 01, 2000 11:21 AM

by abysinian

I am a RN charge nurse on a 24 bed Skilled Nursing Facility within a large hospital. Our current staffing is myself, 2 LPNs, and 2 CNAs. We do have alot of acute care patients, with many central venous catheters, PCA pumps, and total care patients. Our nurse to patient ratio is 1 to 8. What's staffing like in your areas and in SNF? Does our staffing seem inadequate? I think so.

PPL · Dec 02, 2000, 12:34 AM

The last time I floated to a unit like that, I had twelve patients! I broke down and cried, but found out the others each had thirteen; and they were going easy on me! Can you imagine?

melG · Dec 04, 2000, 09:43 AM

I work in UK and our staffing level consists of 2 trained nurses and 3 auxillaries for 28 bed acute medical ward. 14 of which are low dependency patients.

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Appropriate staffing

Appropriate staffing

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