In need of some advice....

[jasmbrooks]

I am in need of some advice. I work the 10p-6a shift at a nursing home. They have started new shift assignments. One nurse per wing with a float nurse to give breaks and do the charting. One wing has 50 plus patients with on a good day 3 techs but usually 2. This wing is total care and skilled patients. The second wing has 40 plus total care residents and the third wing is the alzehimer unit with 26 patients. The second wing has 2 techs, the third has one tech and one that floats between the two wings. I know that this is unsafe and I am job hunting. What I need to know is the legal safe amount on nurse/resident ratio and tech/resident ratio? Thanks

[kids]

At this point in time mandated staffing ratios (if any) happen at the State level as it's not something the Feds mandate.

There is no universal mandated ratio.

Your best bet would be to check with the entity in your state that licenses nursing facilities. You can google 'who licenses nursing homes in ' to find out who that entity is, then either search their website or call them.

From what you posted of the plan it looks very typical of SNF/LTC night shift staffing even minus the 'float' and is inline with what I saw in many facilities in a State that does have mandated staffing ratios.

[caliotter3]

You describe what I found to be typical in the facilities where I worked night shift. My assignments ranged from 21 residents to 80 and from one to four CNAs, but usually only however many would show up for work. I found the facility where I was the only licensed staff for 52 to be a more stressful job than the one where I would be assigned to 80, but with other nurses in the building. Nobody ever told us about any mandated staffing ratios.