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1. What is your nurse patient ratio? With or without techs?
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   Nov 19, '10

   Occupation: ICU RN Specialty: 7 year(s) of experience in ICU, med/surg, school nursing ; From: US ; Joined: Oct '05; Posts: 43; Likes: 10

   5:1 without techs, nights.
   Most nights its only 4:1.
   However I could have an LVN and work in a team, have about 8 patients total (4 primary care, and 4 more with my LVN providing primary care for the other 4).
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   Nov 19, '10

   Occupation: RN Specialty: 9 year(s) of experience in Med-Surg, Stroke Unit, Pulmonary ; Joined: Mar '07; Posts: 11; Likes: 10

   6:1 with a tech most of the time, but lately they have been floating the PCT so the RN is responsible for one patient (doing all the care plus meds, fingersticks, etc.) We usually try to make sure the pt is a walkie-talkie
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   Nov 19, '10

   Joined: Jun '10; Posts: 2,287; Likes: 2,627

   We don't have techs in Australia. The nurses do everything, though a ward helper does tea/coffee etc. I can have 6 or more patients. In team work with 2 nurses, anywhere from 10-15 patients or more, though they are usually all high care and heavy-going patients, especially in orthopaedics.
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   Nov 19, '10

   Occupation: Staff Nurse Specialty: 1 year(s) of experience in Med/Surg ; From: US ; Joined: Sep '09; Posts: 107; Likes: 130

   7:1 with or without a tech.
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   Nov 19, '10

   Joined: Sep '10; Posts: 82; Likes: 38

   6:1...1 tech for 18 patients, which is basically no tech.
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   Nov 19, '10

   Occupation: MED/SURG NURSE EDUCATOR Specialty: 8 year(s) of experience in MED/SURG STROKE UNIT, LTC SUPER., IMU ; From: US ; Joined: May '09; Posts: 251; Likes: 507

   5-7/1 with a tech on days. It's rough when you have a lot of total care patients, but when most are walky-talky it works well.
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   Nov 19, '10

   Occupation: nurse :) Specialty: 2 year(s) of experience in Ortho trauma ; Joined: Sep '10; Posts: 9; Likes: 24

   what is a tech?
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    Nov 19, '10

    Joined: Jun '10; Posts: 360; Likes: 347

    4-5:1 on days; 5-6:1 on nights. We usually have 3 techs on days (about 12 pts/ tech) and 3 on nights. Right now, we're short on techs, so some days we haven't gotten much help from them, but at the same time, 2 are currently orienting, so when they're on, we get 2 techs in one, so the extra hands are nice.
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    Nov 19, '10

    Occupation: Case Manager Specialty: 5 year(s) of experience ; From: US ; Joined: Oct '09; Posts: 188; Likes: 139

    6:1 with an aide working with each nurse. Still crazy busy, though!!
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    Nov 19, '10

    Specialty: Correctional Nursing, Orthopediacs ; Joined: Jul '09; Posts: 176; Likes: 60

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    what is a tech?

    We have no techs luckily lots of our pts. are self care. We do have an MA to help out on nights.
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    Nov 19, '10

    Occupation: RN Specialty: 4 year(s) of experience in Med-Surg ; Joined: Sep '06; Posts: 137; Likes: 122

    5:1 on days but usually only one tech for 3-4 nurses.
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    Nov 19, '10

    Occupation: Nurse Joined: Nov '04; Posts: 194; Likes: 103

    Night shift: usually 5-6 patients per nurse and 2-3 techs for a floor with at most 33 patients.

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