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Mar 08, 2008 05:01 PM

Nurse to patient ratio in PA?

Updated Mar 08, 2008 at 05:04 PM by geekgolightly

I am moving to Erie by fall this year, and am wondering what the staffing ratio is in med-surg, tele and ICU.

Erie area numbers are perfect, but I am curious about any ratios in PA.

Thanks!
kathy

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from strider1500
Old Mar 08, 2008, 05:16 PM

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When I worked as an Aide for a large Pittsburgh area health system, it was not uncommon for nurses to have ten patients.

This was a Med-Surg floor. Once a week I saw nurses with tears in their eyes.
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from geekgolightly
Old Mar 08, 2008, 05:27 PM

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Originally Posted by strider1500 View Post
When I worked as an Aide for a large Pittsburgh area health system, it was not uncommon for nurses to have ten patients.

This was a Med-Surg floor. Once a week I saw nurses with tears in their eyes.
That is frightening.

My raio is half that. Once in three years I have had 6 patients instead of 5, and it was due to severe staffing issues. My manager apologised and thanked us for that day as well.

I work in Kansas City.
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from adamsmom
Old Mar 09, 2008, 12:12 PM

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I have seen nurses in a Philly suburb hospital have 8 on first shift. Then the other day in the same hospital they had 4pts on first shift. So it varies alot.
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from geekgolightly
Old Mar 09, 2008, 03:30 PM

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I hope that there are better numbers, and that these are exceptions to the rule .

I have been considering ICU and if med-surg is this poorly staffed, I will diligently work on getting an ICU position. Unless of course they stak ICU with 3 and 4 pt each.
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from dawngloves
Old Mar 10, 2008, 06:47 PM

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I've worked in ICUs where there was a three pt assignment. There is no law in PA mandating ratios. You get what you get and hope it doesn't get worse.
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from K98
Old Mar 18, 2008, 12:02 PM

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The nursing staff at AGH in Pittsburgh are unionized, and negotiated nurse-patient ratios as part of their labor agreement. The ICUs are 1-1 or 2-1, I'm not certain what the telemetry and medical-surgical floors are. My daughter works for the DarkSide, and they have no ratios. Assignments are heavy and mandation is common.
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from ChristineN
Old Mar 19, 2008, 02:22 PM

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Originally Posted by K98 View Post
The nursing staff at AGH in Pittsburgh are unionized, and negotiated nurse-patient ratios as part of their labor agreement. The ICUs are 1-1 or 2-1, I'm not certain what the telemetry and medical-surgical floors are. My daughter works for the DarkSide, and they have no ratios. Assignments are heavy and mandation is common.
Mandation from the"Darkside?!" I work for the Darkside and was under the impression they can not mandate? *confused*
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from K98
Old Mar 19, 2008, 09:45 PM

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That's news to me. My daughter was mandated last week. Twice.
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from adamsmom
Old Mar 20, 2008, 12:19 PM

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I graduate in May and I was wondering what you mean by mandate? Do they force you to work a double if there is a call off? But you are only allowed to work 16hr/24hr period right?
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