Charge Rn's. How many beds on your units?

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Good evening all,

We are experiencing some issues and I wanted some feedback on a day in your life?

How many beds do you supervise and how many staff on any given day or night shift? Do you have any other responsibilities other than the shift flow?

How much is your charge differential?

Thanks for your help!

Specializes in Hospice.

Progressive Care Unit, 20 beds, 10 staff on day shift, 7 staff on night shift. Day shift charge does not take patients, but night shift charge takes 2 patients. Duties include...making assignments for next shift, checking orders, assisting nurses and PCA, chart auditing, assigning beds, checking fridge temps and crash cart and teleneurology cart, starting IVs, checking blood slips, rounding with doctors, making rounds on patients.

All of that for 80 cents extra.

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Thanks for all the responses. There is quite the extremes too.

Anyone else?

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81 bed level 1 ED with 3 additional trauma bays

~30 staff (3-4 pts: 1 RN ratio/3-5 RNs in triage)

No differential

CN does not take patients

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