Pct To Pt Ratio On Tele/medsurg Floor

dcarriv · Mar 21, 2008

ours on nights is 16 to 1. days and evenings at least 8 to 1. no extras if there is a 1:1.

purple_rose_3 · Mar 21, 2008

We don't have any on our floor. Only nurses. I wish management would let us have some, but I don't see that happening anytime soon. Days might get one very infrequently when they are short staffed.

locolorenzo22, BSN, RN · Mar 21, 2008

on tele, I've seen 11/14 to 1...on my floor, at max it is supposed to be 14 to 1...(ortho/neuro), although I've had 18 by myself before....go figure...

allnurses Guide · Mar 21, 2008

Anywhere from 12 to 1 to 24 to 1 on my floor. I really think that is too many patients in an acute setting.

KristiePDX · Mar 22, 2008

3-4 to one on days

4 to one on eves

5 to one on nocs

Often without an aide 1900-0730 (72 bed unit)

I dont know how you all do it. Our facility often takes transferrs from other facilities because our Pts are often too sick for what they have to offer. I spend my whole 12 hour night shift running my butt off as do the rest of our staff. Ratios are still an issue in my facility.

ChristineN, BSN, RN · Mar 22, 2008

when I used to work on a tele/med-surg floor I typically had 13-20 pts on evening shift, and 20-37 pts on nights. I know work on a floor where I have 13 pts max. :)

brissygal, BSN, RN · Nov 9, 2008

You poor nurses! What horrible shifts you are working. Surely you are killing yourself - a painful and uneccessary death! To have the responsibility of so many patients in your care. Why haven't you all moved to California - where the ratio of 1:6 or 1:5 is law.

I take my hat off to you all - and simply think you all deserve a medal!

JJRN09 · Nov 9, 2008

I am a PCA on a tele floor on nights. The ratio is 15-19 patients for 1 PCA. During the day there are usually 2-3 PCAs for the same number of patients. It really makes me mad sometimes because the acuity of these patients is high and I can't always keep up the way I should with the total care patients and it bothers me. I do have to say though my nurses at night are the best and help whenever I ask and sometimes even when I don't.:nuke:

RNKel, ASN, RN · Nov 9, 2008

The last two hospital floors (different hospitals) I've done my med/surg rotations on do not use PCAs/aides. Nurses for everything.

Tait, MSN, RN · Nov 9, 2008

12:1 on days and nights up until 11 unless we are heavy on level 4's.

Day shift could easily use a third PCT, but cutbacks aren't making that a possibility.

Nurse ratios are 6:1 at night and 4:1/5:1 on days.

jennifer79RN · Nov 9, 2008

I work on a PCU. step-down from ICU, which is different from the unit you work on, I think. Anyway, since we are considered critical care our ratio is 6:1. In Jan we going down to 5:1.

Jennifer