How many Pt do you take care of?

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What is you Pt to nurse numbers?

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Specializes in Cardiothoracic Transplant Telemetry.

I work on a critical tele/ cardiothoracic stepdown, 12 hour nights. We have 3-4 patients, primary care

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Specializes in Med-Surg.

med-surg trauma in a hospital in Florida. One RN and one tech with 7 patients.

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Specializes in Utilization Management.

Progressive Care (Tele, Med-Surg, Stroke), night shift with 7-8 patients and a tech, in a Florida hospital.

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Surgical ward (urology) UK

early shift 7pts with 3/4 :chuckle of a health care assistant

late shift 10 pts with 1/2 of a health care assistant

night shift 14 - 19 pts :uhoh21: with a whole of a health care assistant

(if you get what i mean - the HCA will have other pts also)

Kay the 2nd :)

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Pediatircs Floor

day shift 3-4 pts, no techs

Minnesota

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Specializes in Correctional Nursing, Geriatrics.

Correctional Facility

3pm-11pm weekends-2 nurses-300 inmates

11pm-7am weekends-2 nurses-300 inmates

Theses are the shifts I work. The weekday 11pm-7am shift only has one nurse. All of the inmates ate not acutely ill, obviously, but...it only takes one incident to make you wish you had a lot more help! :crying2:

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Long Term Ventilator Unit, State of Kansas, I work weekend noc 7p-7a shift, one nurse, 2 CNAs and 18 Vent pts, it's a little overwhelming at times, because with 18 vents, you also have 18 g-tubes and 18 IVs, and usually some heavy duty wound care. Needless to say, I don't sit down much. :)

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I work in an acute care rehab facility. We have 8-12 patient per nurse/aide. Midnight shift has up to 16 each. Patients are high acuity and in my opinion this ratio is too high for proper care.

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Specializes in CCRN, CNRN, Flight Nurse.

Neuro Critical Care Unit (soon to be 20-bed unit)

2 patients (3 max) each on both shifts (7a-7p/7p-7a)

1 tech (if we're lucky) though sometimes 2

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Rural hospital with 12 rooms and combo of patients (OB, PP, med/surg, post-op, ortho, peds) .. 5:1 ratio of patient to RN. We always have at least one CNA to share between 2 nurses and 10 patients.

steph

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Hospital: Vascular / Surgical / Oncology / Telemetry

11 - 7:30 ---- up to 7 patients, 1 multi-skilled aide

SE Michigan

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