Nurses General Nursing
Published Apr 23, 2017
How many patients your guys take care of ?
I just want to know :) please tell me your country too!
In korea, one nurse takes care of 13 patients in ward
miss.amy-sue
8 Posts
USA
Cardiac ICU, 25 beds
1 patient if unstable or fresh out of OR. 2 if stable, transferring out of the ICU
2 nurses to 1 patient if very unstable, crashing
caffeinatednurse, BSN, RN
311 Posts
It depends.
Short term rehab unit - anywhere from 6-15 patients
LTC skilled nursing - 15-18 residents
Assisted living - 24-27 residents
SopranoKris, MSN, RN, NP
3,152 Posts
At our hospital:
Med/Surg - ratio is supposed to be 4:1, but typically is 5:1 or 6:1
Stepdown - ratio is supposed to be 3:1, but typically 4:1 or 5:1
ICU - ratio is always 2:1, sometimes 1:1 if very critical
hppygr8ful, ASN, RN, EMT-I
4 Articles; 5,065 Posts
16 to 28 but I work psych
hppy
Semper_Gumby
152 Posts
In the U.S., used to work newborn nursery and we could take up to 8 well babies (in their mom's rooms, but lots of stuff to do!), but 3-6 was more typical (though you often got an admission as the night went on and babies didn't want to wait for day shift!
EDnurseNY
49 Posts
ED 4:1 or 6:1. With 6:1 we should have a tech, but it doesn't always happen.
audreysmagic, RN
458 Posts
USA Inpatient Adult Psych Unit5-6 patients, 2-3 if passing meds that shift.
Inpatient Adult Psych Unit
5-6 patients, 2-3 if passing meds that shift.
I'm transferring to your hospital!
USA - inpatient psych -
average, 8-9 patients if two nurses on the unit as the scheduling grid dictates...up to 20 if they only have one nurse available (we're hiring but currently short-staffed)... We say the staff ratio is 1 to every 4-5, but that includes the techs, and as awesome as they are, they can't do the meds or daily nursing assessments and flowsheets.
BSNbeauty, BSN, RN
1,939 Posts
6-10 patients or 3-5 couplets. I work post-partum
Wolf at the Door, BSN
1,045 Posts
USA California ICU 2 patients to 1 RN, 1:1 or 1:2.
Places like texas 3patients:1rn
dayandnight
330 Posts
Canada (it depends on the province)
Province: BC
Med-Surg 4-5. (most hospitals have LPN and RN take 10 patients together)
ICU - smaller hospital 2-3, bigger hospital 1-2.
Most places only have one care aid or nursing assistants on the floor of 20-40 patients.
Long term care: the place I was at had one nurse take care of 25-28 patients. For evenings and nights one nurse took care of 53 patients with one care aid/tech/nursing assistant at night.
Meriwhen, ASN, BSN, MSN, RN
4 Articles; 7,907 Posts
USA, California to be precise.
By California state law, I can't have more than 6 psychiatric patients in my care. It's not often I have 6 though. I usually have 4 or 5. I had one night not too long ago where I had only 2 patients. I didn't know what to do with myself.
Now, when I wasn't living in California but was still in the US, I have been the sole nurse for up to 16 psych patients.
jaycam, RN
1 Article; 459 Posts
Acute Inpatient Psych, Night shift. Usually 12-17