considering rehab - is 8:1 with a CNA good?

It would be 7am to 7pm shift and it would be me, the RN, and one aid for eight patients.

WOW! one nurse AND one CNA for five patients ???? and in Florida too ! That's great - where abouts in Florida are you? What type of rehab patients do you care for mainly? I would be jumping into the job off with those ratios. Good for you! ( unless of course they all have a very high acuity)
Or - is that CNA for the whole floor ? or as I read it first - just with you for your 5 patients?

Thanks

thanks rngreenhorn for your reply. I would love to find a job around here where the ratio was more like 1:5 or like you said - 1:8 but with two CNAs then. I don't think that is going to happen around here though. I used to work med/surg and was often charge for the 44 bed floor while having my own 8 patient load and no CNAs at all - this was on nights - I guess patients are supposed to sleep then right ? On days the nurses would have 6 patients each - sometimes up to 7 and on odd occasions 8 if a nurse had called in. Also on days they would only have 1 CNA for the whole 44 bed floor. I guess I'm wondering then if 1:8 with a CNA might seem okay to me after those days? I don't know though - I've never done rehab. Also, this is a rehab hospital to which patients are discharged to following their stay in a hospital. I'm wondering if these patients will be as sick as the ones I cared for on med/surg. These nurse patient ratios are what's bothering me the most - I really really really don't want to go back to a place that was as hell to work at as that med/surg floor was - now that was crazy!
Are there ANY nurses out there that think these ratios are do-able?????

I am wondering how two people can get 8 people dressed before 8am ..........especially when one of the people doing the dressing is also supposed to get all the meds given and the docs orders noted etc etc etc....

hoping - begining to feel panicy - 'where is the HELP ME button' ?