Is this common ?

[Fancy Face]

42 patients on the unit, my responsibilities are meds, treatments and tube feeds, trach cares and of course charting. Is this too much, or normal ratio nurse/patient?

[LibAnne10]

In North Carolina there is a regulation that the Director of Nursing may not work as charge nurse if there are more than 60 skilled beds. We have 60 skilled and 72 assisted living residents and I have passed meds on a few occasions as the DON. I started there as a charge nurse, so I was aware of the routine, but it's not an ideal situation once you get out of practice. The last time I did it those poor residents were really wanting their regular charge nurse back! We have 20 skilled residents assigned to each charge nurse on each shift with the same duties as described in the first post. We also have an RN supervisor (7a-7p) who assists the charge nurses and relieves them for breaks if needed. On our skilled/rehab unit we have 10 residents per nurse and our memory unit is 10 skilled plus 10 assisted living per nurse. We all know how fortunate we are to work in this place!

[rjmolloy01]

42 patients on the unit, my responsibilities are meds, treatments and tube feeds, trach cares and of course charting. Is this too much, or normal ratio nurse/patient?

Wow that's a lot of responsibilities if you ask me...