CA nursing ratio numbers?

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Can someone point me in the right direction, I am looking for CA nursing ratio numbers, for specific areas (Med/surg) etc. Not sure where I can find this info. Thank you in advance :)

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Specializes in L&D RN.

The last time I worked in Cali it was 5:1 in med surge which was AWESOME :)

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I am currently a CA nurse. Heres whats in my hospital which is pretty typical throughout:

Med surge: 5 to 1

ER: 4 to 1

ICU/Critical Care: 2 to 1 or 1 on 1

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Great link by batmik - I couldn't have provided the L&D ratios off the top of my head.

As an aside, this may sound silly, but I had NO IDEA every state did mandate patient:nurse staffing ratios. I thought they might be different, but it never occurred to me that this wouldn't be a delegated standard.

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Great link by batmik - I couldn't have provided the L&D ratios off the top of my head.

As an aside, this may sound silly, but I had NO IDEA every state did mandate patient:nurse staffing ratios. I thought they might be different, but it never occurred to me that this wouldn't be a delegated standard.

California is the only state with legally mandated nurse/patient ratios for hospital settings. The other 49 states do not yet have ratios that dictate exactly how many patients that each nurse is to receive.
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Only 2 or 3 states in the US have what I call safe nurse:patient ratios, California (where I live) is one of them.

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