What is the maximum number of patients per nurse on your Medical/Surgical floor?

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Worst Case Scenario:

What is the maximum number of patients per nurse on your Medical/Surgical floor?

Which shift?

How often do you find yourself in such a situation?

casper1

198 Posts

The most I've had were 8 patients nights, medical floor with tele

Info(RN)matics

125 Posts

Can anyone beat 12 patients (without Telemetry) with everything else including vents on the nights shift?

Info(RN)matics

125 Posts

Hospital Staffing

Number of nurses to patients as mandated by California legislature.

Nurse/patient

Unit Type ratio

Medical-surgical 1:5

Pediatric 1:4

Intensive-care units 1:2

Oncology 1:5

Labor/delivery 1:3

SOURCE: Health Services Research

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