Inpatient psych nurse/pt ratio

Auckland New Zealand, Work in Forensic Mental health:
Ratio is 15 patients and 8 staff on the acute ward. Ratio's thoughout the service vary depending on acuity. IMO 15:8 is the best ratio I have ever come across.

I would say 5 of the 8 would be R.N's. The other 3 would be P.A's (psych assistants)

22 patients with 2 nurses and 3 techs....on a psych intensive care unit...

What do the ratios look like on night shift?

In our acute service at night the patients are locked in their rooms. The ratio drops down to 3 staff to 15 patients.
One is always an R.N
22 patients with 5 staff in an acute forensic unit would be interesting. I'm sure it could be done, but I wouldn't be on the pay role.

When I worked inpatient, I worked nights...our adult wing had 26 beds and was usually full b/c we were the only game in town, so to speak.

We'd have 2, sometimes 3 RNs...3 or 4 techs...and 26 patients.

On the geri-psych side, we had 15 beds but usually only 6-7 pts at a time. So we'd have 1, sometimes 2 RNs on that side, and 3 techs, depending again on # of pts on the unit.

Night shift: one nurse, one tech, for up to 22 patients (adult intensive care psych, not forensic)