I work in a NYC children's hospital per diem. In this hospital when a child comes in as a DKA on insulin drip with fluids and Q1 hr fingersticks, they are placed on the floor. A nurse will admit and care for this patient along with her 4 or 5 other patients. The DKA pt is very time consuming with all the fingersticks, labs, urine dips, titrating insulin and changing IVFs or rates every hour or two. I see this as being dangerous. All of the other hospitals I have worked, DKAs were in the ICU until transitioned off the insulin gtt.I was just wondering what others have experienced?