Attention all 50 states: what is your nursing ratio? please post!

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I am in California where there are slim to none in nursing jobs for new grads. I am highly considering leaving the state but am scared to venture out of California's nice nursing rations. What is the nursing ratio in your state??

Specializes in Cardiac.

I work on a cardiopulmonary unit in Dayton, OH. Our ratios are 4:1 days and 5:1 nights. We see post heart cath's, MI's, COPD'ers, and everything in between! :uhoh3:

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Specializes in ER, IICU, PCU, PACU, EMS.

North Texas:

PCU/ICU stepdown ratio 1:4

ED trauma rooms 1:3, everywhere else 1:4

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Mass at tertiary hosptial 3:1 or 4:1 with a CNA on days and evenings. In the burbs, 4 to 5 :1 day and evenings also with a CNA . Nights of course more.

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Specializes in Emergency Dept. Trauma. Pediatrics.

In our local hospital in CO it is 3:1 for days 4:1 for 2nd shift and 4-5:1 on third shift. They try to keep it to 4 on the third shift but rarely does it go past that. I have neighbors that work at the hospital as nurses, they are husband and wife and they verified this was correct. It's what the hospital lists as it's ratios on the nursing page. This is for med/surge according to my neighbors, more specialized areas are less but these are the maxes.

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Specializes in OR Hearts 10.

Any state - OR- 1 pt at a time

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Specializes in EMS, ER, GI, PCU/Telemetry.

man, you guys who work tele with 4 and 5 patients, i am jealous! i know @ my new hospital, the med/surg ratio is 8-1 days and 10-1 nights. that's good old corperate HCA for ya. south florida is not the best place for nurses.....

i used to work med/surg GI in north carolina and had 6-1 on nights, 5-1 on days. not too bad.

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Specializes in ICU.

Central Florida:

PCU 4:1/ 5:1 Techs

Med Surg 7-8:1 Techs

ICU 2:1, 1:1 NO tech

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Specializes in cardiac, ortho, med surg, oncology.

Northwest Indiana: med/surg 5-9:1 days depending on hospital.

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Specializes in med/surg , hospice and oncology.

Greetings from Pennsylvania...med/surg/oncology. Days 5-6:1. Majority of days are 5:1. Evenings 5-6:1. Nights 8-9:1.

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tampa area....6-7:1 (days), 8-10:1 (evenings)...at a magnet hosp. no less.:icon_roll

right-to-work states just blow!!!!:barf02:

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Specializes in LTC, Med-Surg, IMCU/Tele, HH/CM.

Washington State. . . . acute surgical. . . 3-4 days, 4-5 evenings, 5-6 nights take a discharge give an admit or two.

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Specializes in med/surg, ER, camp nursing.

Wow, What's up with Florida with such high PT:RN ratios?!?! Yikes!

NH med/surg days 1:4-6, nights 1:5-7, tele has 1:3-4 days

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