Hello. I was wondering what the nurse patient ratio was for iabp's in other units. I work in a 16 bed ICU/CCU unit. Until recently it was 1:1. Most of the times the balloon pumps go to CVICU, but this weekend CVI was closed and the unit I work in got 2. As I said until recently it was 1:1, but this weekend mgmt said it was only 1:1 for the first few hours, then it could be 2:1. Our hospital, previously a not for profit, was just recently bought out by a for profit hospital chain. Also, where can I find something from the state board of nursing about standards of practice on specific situations such as this. I don't want to put my nursing license or the patient's life on the line.