ICU/SDU floor ratios?

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Hello all!

I currently work in a smaller county hospital, our ICU/SDU are in the same unit, I was just curious if other hospitals have similar layouts and if so what are your nurse to patient ratios?

TIA!

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We're similar (small hospital, ICU and patients comparable to SDU) and we are 2:1 usually. Every once in a while we have 1:1 patients.

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Specializes in CICU, Telemetry.

I'm from a bigger city level 1 trauma center and we're attached to our step down area. Our ratios are 1:1 or 1:2 in ICU depending on patient acuity and 1:3 in step down. In about two years I've had to take 4 patients in step down once and 3 patients in ICU once. Terrible shifts, for sure, but isolated incidents.

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Specializes in CRNA.

SDICU - 3 to 1

ICU - 2 to 1 or 1 to 1 for CRRT, hypothermic

Have only been tripled once or twice due to staffing issues.

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