Just curious... how big is your ER, where are you located, and what is your patient load assignment?
I am located in the north east, a level 1 trauma center. We see about 350-400 pts a day. Our patient load is 4:1 nurses, mostly. In the higher acuity areas, it is 3:1 with the possibility of a 'hallway' [awful!] patient, so it becomes 4:1.
Just got done working the weekend and am beat! There was a line out the door and medics at triage all night, as soon as my rooms opened, they were filled up. I was getting two new medic patients as I was bringing up a patient to the floor that needed to be monitored. Glad this weekend is over
Equivalent of a level 1 in NZ. 600 bedded hospital.
25 bedded adult area, 10 bedded observation area, 4 Resus rooms, 6 bedded fast track area from 0800-2300, 10 bedded Paeds ED and 6 ambo triage area. (for pts come by ambo if no beds in main ED).
Around 200 pts/day, 1:4 in main area and Paeds, 1 nurse for fast track, 2-3 nurses in observation area, 1:1 in Resus and 3 triage nurses.
LG1137
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Lunah, are you a civilian nurse there?