jbsul

jbsul has 16 years experience and specializes in Emergency Services.

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1. Nurse/Patient ratio in the ED?

   jbsul replied to jlan79's topic in Emergency

   Usually in my department we do a 4:1 ratio. This does depend on patient acuity and can change during the shift. If a patient is very critical nurses may go to a 2:1 or 3:1 depanding on staffing. Also in our rapid medical evaluation area 6-7 patients ...