How many Pt do you take care of?

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What is you Pt to nurse numbers?

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Hey Y'all,

I think we have one of the best ratios in Texas (maybe Nation). 1-3 somtime 4 pt. per 1 nurse and share a tech, in Emergency/Trauma.

Its pretty nice. If only the nurses knew how goood they got it.

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Hey guys! We're in upstate Ny....cardiac/tele unit. Full census-32...day shift RNs get 4to5 pts and covers a senior LPN for 2 more....a PCT/CNA for 16 pts for VS, baths. So as long as there are no codes or acute MIs, we've got it pretty good.

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LTC-Iowa

70-80 residents-days 2 nurse managers, 1-2 nurses and 7 aides plus 2 rehab aides

evenings-1 nurse, 2 med techs ( on a good day) 5-6 aides

nights-1 nurse, 1 med tech, 3-4 aides

I am usually the evening nurse and it can be overwhelming at times especially when I also have to pass pills.

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I would like to know what the staffing ratios are like on adolescent psych/chemical dep.

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12 bed unit, nights 6 pt each....1 tech for 12 pt

we are in cincy ohio

hospital setting- med/surg

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Specializes in ER, Med-Surg.

I work in a 68 bed ER, we staff around 28 nurses and our ratio is 4:1 (with a paramedic per nurse) It was agreed upon in the workload meeting instead of our old standard of 7:1--pretty high acuity pts. Job before that was med-surg 9:1 primary care (and we even had to empty our own garbage :) )

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LTC 121 beds

days unit 1 is 34 beds 1 LPN and 1 CNA

unit 2 is 44 beds 1 LPN and 3 or 4 CNAs

unit 3 is 43 beds 1 RN(unit 1 nurse helps) and 3 or 4 CNA's

evenings unit 1 is 1 LPN and 1 CNA

unit 2 is 1 LPN and 3 or 4 CNA's

unit 3 is 1 RN and 3 or 4 CNA's and unit 1 nurse helps

nights unit 1 and 2 share an LPN and have 1 CNA on unit 1, 2 CNA's on 2

unit 3 is 1 LPN and 2 CNA's

unit 1 is minimal care, unit 2 heavier care, and unit 3 is medicare/skilled

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i am happy to see that although you have better nurse-patient ratio in your countries. it is funny that we ave 15patient:1nurse ratio here in the country... to think of that we supply a volume of nurses internationally... juz a thought for today

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Suebird--The LTC where I used to work--126 patients-I worked 11-7 shift. I was the ONLY nurse. 4 aides (if we were lucky)-usually three. Had to do all accuchecks at 6 am (about 20) and 10 or so meds. Plus about 15 medicare followups. Oh, and blood draws! I no longer work there. :mad:

I read an article recently how family members are being legally banned from nursing homes if they dare to complain about the poor care. All the facility has to do is claim they are "dangerous" and harrassing the staff. This ban (restraint order) will stay in effect pending when they can get a court date months down the road....oftentimes the resident dies before family can see them again.

Granted, family can be bad to deal with. But with such terrible staffing, no doubt the care is definately horrible and something needs to be done.

I hope none of my family ends up in a nursing home. I certainly don't want to go to one------I'll do my best to die before I end up in one.

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I am a CNA from Ohio and work 11p-7am in a nursing home. We have 1 nurse and 1 CNA for 63 patients. 3 of the patients are on the light every 5 minutes. It is always hectic and we are way overworked but management don't care.

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Specializes in critical care and LTC.

LTC 3rd shift with full census 50 patients and 2 CNA sometimes they get a float. Rough morning med passes.

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Specializes in Emergency/Trauma.

Wow Im reading most of these going that would be so nice but I wouldnt have a dang thing to do.

I work at a busy ER in Texas and a night that we thing is slow is 1 nurse for 10 -15 patients with 1 tech for the entire ER and under a 100 patients in the ER. But usually that is not the case its usually roughly 25-30 patients for 1 nurse with no techs, no transport, just the nurses clerks and doctors. The worse I have seen personally is 1 nurse with 42 patients on her team.

So I would not complain about 1 nurse for 7 or 8 patients take that as a blessing cause that is for sure a nice managable load.

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