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Apr 29, 2009 09:45 PM

What is your Nurse to Patient Ratio

by dRN1

We have a 4 : 1 rato that we try to stick to. Occaisionally we end up with 5 if we are short a nurse. But as you know that you may have HAD 6 throught the shift if you had 2 discharges then got 2 admits. (aaahhh day shift)

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from SCraigRN
Old May 04, 2009, 09:12 AM

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i work a general med/surg floor, night shift (7p-7a) and our ratio is 1:6 sometimes 1:7. if i ever start off with 5 patients, that means i'll get an admission from the ED that night!!
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from abbaking
Old May 07, 2009, 04:55 PM

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5:1 - usually . Sometimes short staffed and I have 6 or 7 patients (med/surg/tele), but thats not to common.

When I first entered nursing in 2001, i would have a list of 9 ot 10 basic and intermediate patients
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No. 3
from cityhawk
Old May 08, 2009, 12:46 AM

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We're an acute general medical floor... and typically, during the day our ratios are 3:1, nights 4:1.
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No. 4
from diane227
Old May 13, 2009, 01:27 AM

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4:1 or 5:1 depending on the acuity of the patients.
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No. 5
from Ayvah
Old May 14, 2009, 09:46 PM

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5 or 6:1 (days)
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No. 6
from dazlious69
Old May 15, 2009, 08:22 AM

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5:1 but it has gone up to 6 at times.
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from mcl10109
Old May 15, 2009, 10:43 AM

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5:1 to start then admits and d/c as appropriate to keep you at a level of 6:1
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from Ilithya
Old May 16, 2009, 10:37 PM

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Six to one, we are ALWAYS staffed for 6 to one. We all start the day with 6 if they can help it They do not call in another nurse where I work until not a single nurse can accept patients and if they can give one nurses patients to another so they can send somebody home thats even better. Occasionally even the charge nurse has to take patients.
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No. 9
from classicdame
Old May 18, 2009, 05:36 PM

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the idea that certain numbers of patients = one nurse bothers me. That is like saying a nurse is a nurse is a nurse. The acuity of the patient is as important as the ability of the nurse. There are some patients I will not assign to certain nurses. Let's not get hung up on numbers. It does not benefit the nurse in the end.
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