How many Pt do you take care of?

kadokin, ASN, RN · Dec 22, 2005

i currently work ltc on 3-11. have 60 patients, but not all get meds, whether at 5, 9, or the whole shift. it also depends on what "side" i work. one side has 4 gt's (2 hung feedings, and 2 boluses).
when i am working 11-7, i have the whoooole place, 120 patients, with 5 aides. only 3 or 4 meds, a few patches, but the accuchecks/insulins? heehee. thank heavens one insulin is given on 7-3.
suebird

un bee leev able. do they give you the pay of 6 people? i'll bet i know the answer to that question.

SherBearRN · Dec 22, 2005

Transplant floor working day shift in Northern California. My nurse-to-patient ratio is 1:4.

gilliganracing · Dec 24, 2005

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:

RNZenpeaceful · Jan 9, 2006

Busy suburban hospital emergency room with 22 beds: staffing for 11p to 7 am (when I worked there 2 years ago): 3 RNs, one CNA, one ward secretary...the charge nurse was also the triage nurse, AND took patient assignments! The annual number of patients seen was about 38,000. (the poor staffing was the reason I eventually left-after 12 years) At the time, I also worked for two staffing agencies, and between them, I worked in 15 different emergency rooms located in the city of Philadelphia and suburban Philadelphia. "My" hospital by far was the most poorly staffed emergency room that I had ever worked in! And yes, there were several deaths because one nurse could not possible care for 12-14 ER patients at the same time! Of course, all the documenting, reporting to the nurse manager, being backed up by the ER doctors, asking for meetings to discuss staffing issues, etc......did absolutely nothings, except to make the smarter nurses quit and find a better staffed ER!!!

jimthorp · Jan 10, 2006

Here's what puzzles me: What is a .5 nurse?

In the case I posted above we typically have 5 CNA's for a floor of 50 residents/patients. Each side has 25 residents/patients and thus 2.5 CNA's.

annasol06 · Jan 10, 2006

I think it would be a good idea if we pass out flyers to every community and let them know the nurse patient ratio of hospitals in the area and how it might cause problems to them that way they will be the ones to clamor :balloons: for institution of a safe nurse patient ratio and hospitals will get the idea if these patients shun them to those that have good nurse:patient ratios. :chuckle

leamom2 · Jan 10, 2006

I work 7p-730a on a Med-Surg floor in acute care facility I have anywhere from 5-7 pts with one tech that has 16 pts. I am an LPN. I have an RN partner who has 4-6 pts of their own and ultimate resposibility for mine also. This is in Missouri

she.lpn · Jan 10, 2006

Med-surg max 5 patients.

froghair · Jan 11, 2006

i work night duty in a small rural hospital, 40 beds with one div2 and a PCA

iluvjesus · Jan 11, 2006

work in nursing home in as cna we are a 120 bed skilled nursing facility...we have 4 halls w/1 lpn to hall and 3 to 4 cnas to hall and 2 rn's...this is when everyone is there...and this is day shift 7-3....

crane32 · Jan 12, 2006

Long term care. 120 bed facility. 40 per unit. 1 LPN or RN per unit.

3 CNAs per unit. 3-11 shift.

mcmannrn · Jan 12, 2006

I work on a Gen Med floor with max of 20 pts, 3 vents, 6 telemetry, no limit to open airways or bariatric pts (right now we have a 600 lb female - nonambulatory & and 500 lb male who ambulates with assist of 2), most of our pts are placement issues and can stay on the unit for months. Day shift 7-3 staffing is usually good 5 RNs, 1 LPN & 2 CTs. Our problem is too many 12 hours night staff and too many 8 hr day staff creating a short staffing issue 3p-7p where we end up being dumped on with admissions, after late discharges.