Patient to nurse Ratios... the first ever rehab nurses poll

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  1. How many patients do you typically have?

    • 8
      I'm lucky and have just 4 or fewer patients
    • 19
      I have about 5 pts, and I can deal with this
    • 13
      I have 6 pts, just 3 rooms, all full...
    • 12
      I have 7 pts... not too bad
    • 14
      I have 8 pts... ok... I can do this!
    • 9
      I have 9 pts, and well... this isint as easy as it was when i started...
    • 8
      I have 10 patients and boy, its getting a bit crazy
    • 11
      I have either 11 or 12, and its a tad crazy
    • 2
      I have 13.... thirteen!
    • 35
      I have either 14 or more... it is insanity!!!!!

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okay guys... this is the big question... actually a point of curiosity... i want to know what is the max nurse to pt ratio for you all! I max out at 12.... I usually have 1 CNA.... and yous?

Be Brave! Fill it in!!! Make your number count...

Barbara

Folks, the first post & poll are from 2001 and the OP hasn't posted since 2005.

Might be best to start a new poll/thread if you're interested in gathering up to date information.

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I'm a new graduate nurse who just got a job at a rehab facility where I'll have up to 20 patients with help from 2 aides. Any advice?

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I work PT in a SubAcut/Rehab facility. We have 60 beds, all private rooms - building is pretty new. The layout has 1 nursing station per floor, 3 floors. On days and evenings, we have 2 RN's per floor (just recently changed from LPNs to ALL RN's) and 3 CNA's. Nights, has 1 RN and 2 CNA's. We are almost always completely full. Lot of ortho pts (knee and hip replacements), also many post stroke patients. Also have other surgical/medical patients who just need some more recuperative time and the therapies provided. Occassionally we also do hospice care. Started on evenings, but switched to days recently - I like that better - like the wound care aspect which is pretty much all taken care of on days. There is almost always a couple admits/discharges daily in the facility - but not every assignment will have to deal with this each time. We split the admit work between the two nurses - one does the paperwork and one does the physical assessment and orientation. Some will do both aspects depending on how demanding their patient load is and how experienced they are! This is my first job since graduating and I really like it - there is variety in what I do and I have been able to use a lot of my skills - more than I originally thought as some of our patients are of a higher acuity than I expected to see here. I like the patient interaction, like seeing their progress. It's a very good first job!

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I'm a new graduate nurse who just got a job at a rehab facility where I'll have up to 20 patients with help from 2 aides. Any advice?

How is it at your facility? I am orienting and I will also have up to 20 pts with 2 cnas. I'm finding it to be chaotic - my preceptor for the first few days is very disorganized !

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