Number of residents

katehensley, BSN, RN · Apr 14, 2012

Thats pretty much the standard. when i worked in Assisted Living I had 16. In my hospital now I have from 9-34. (34 yup, its happened) so 13 is actually pretty good. but no matter what LTC is tough and any amount of patients is hard. IMO :)

yousoldtheworld · Apr 14, 2012

11-14, depending on staffing. When we're short I've had as many as 28 (And these are all total care, not assisted living-type).

Wifeoffireman · Apr 14, 2012

Here in SC DEHEC regulations are from 7am-3pm a CNA can have up to 9 residents each, 3pm-11pm up to 13 eqch, 11pm-7am up to 22 each.

fuzzywuzzy, CNA · Apr 15, 2012

i have 10 on 7-3.

nguyency77, CNA · Apr 16, 2012

When I'm not working in skilled (where I get 10 patients because it's our facility's policy for quality control), I usually get about 20 residents.

whatdidigetmyselfin2 · Apr 18, 2012

On an average day I have between 11-13 patients. When we are short staffed I have between 14-17! I work in a LTC facility.

Smileypretty · Apr 18, 2012

I work at the hospice. We have 8 residents per 2 aides ,except overnight shift has 1 aide.

RunnerRN2015, ASN, RN · Apr 18, 2012

I work 3-11 and have 7-9 residents per shift.

toxic.waste · Apr 18, 2012

It really depends on the facility. In one facility I have had about 15-16; on one wing there was odd number of residents and we had the same hallways each day so they would float the resident between two CNAs to "make it fair." There were a total of 4 CNAs, 4 hallways, and about 60 residents in the LTC facility.

In another facility, it was set up completely different from the facility above. This facility had 2 wings with a minimum of 6 CNAs on each wing... I have worked this facility with only 4 CNAs because the could not get people to come in but it REALLY disrupted daily living for the residents and it wasn't fair to them. When there are 6 CNAs in each wing, each CNA is responsible for about 15 to 17 residents. The way this facility is run is you work with another CNA, so 2 people are responsible for 30 or so residents. There were 4 hallways on each wing(2 short and 2 long) so there would be 2 CNAs on a long hallway, 2 CNAs on a long hallway, and 2 CNAs doing the 2 short hallways. This was a really large LTC facility.

finnishme · Apr 22, 2012

How many residents are your CNA's assigned. I average 13 and think this is too much! Feedback appreciated. I work in an LTC.

At my work, we have 2 CNAs to 44 Residents, so we usually split it in half. i work the 2pm-10pm shift and it makes for a crazy day when about 6-10 residents like to go to bed at the same exacty time. i've been working there for awhile now, so i'm used to it, but the new aides get stressed easily.

IEDave, ASN, CNA, LVN · Apr 22, 2012

Working an LTC - depends quite a bit on the shift, and who decides to show/not show. Day shift I've run up to 32 residents, typical is 8-16. Only worked swings once, but that was 12 residents & NOC's is usually about 12-32, typically 16-17. Can be just a tad stressful for someone with about 2 weeks of actual floor time. :no:

----- Dave