Nurse to patient ratios and job stress

[EmilyCCRN]

my nursing class is conducting a survey regarding job stress. we would greatly appreciate your response to the following questions.

thank you in advance for your time!

1. what department/setting do you work in?

2. what shift do you work?

a. days

b. swing

c. nights

3. what is the typical nurse to patient ratio in your department?

4. does your department employ cnas and/or lpns?

a. yes – both

b. cnas only

c. lpns only

d. my department does not employee cnas or lpns

5. if your department does employ cnas or lpns, what is the cna/lpn to nurse ratio?

6. has the nurse to patio ratio ever caused you to feel stressed?

1 2 3 4 5

(1= never, 5= often)

7. do patients ever complain to you that they aren’t receiving adequate care/ attention because you are too busy?

1 2 3 4 5

(1= never, 5= often)

8. do you feel your job satisfaction is adversely affected by staffing ratios?

1 2 3 4 5

(1= not at all, 5= often)

9. what has your management done (if anything) to address staffing ratios?

[maryk650]

My capacity is House Supervisor.

Nights and 12 hour week-ends

1 nurse to 10-12 patients

Both

LPNs take same as RNs but are limited as to what they can do

1 CNA to 10-15 patients. Has been as high as 20

Is 5 the highest you can go?

Patients complain often. A lot of them mail or phone in their complaints.

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Give you all that crap they learn in management classes.

[jgwe4e]

1) peds trach/airway unit

2) days

3) usually 3:1, occasionally 4:1

4) CNAs, no LPNs

5) usually 1 CNA for the unit (up to 16 pts), sometimes no CNA

6) 2, rarely

7) 2, rarely

8) 1 when I'm on my unit, 4 when I have to float to other units with higher ratios

9) trying to hire more nurses, block beds and not accept additional pts if not enough nurses to cover for nights, sometimes increase pt load, have charge nurses take some pts, float nurses to or from other areas to help cover

[LaurynRN]

1. what department/setting do you work in? oncology/organ transplant

2. what shift do you work?

a. days

b. swing

c. nights

3. what is the typical nurse to patient ratio in your department? 1 rn to 5-6 pts

4. does your department employ cnas and/or lpns?

a. yes – both

b. cnas only

c. lpns only

d. my department does not employee cnas or lpns

5. if your department does employ cnas or lpns, what is the cna/lpn to nurse ratio?

2 cnas to 27 patients, we rarely have lpns but when they work it is with one nurse and generally anywhere from 6-9 patients

6. has the nurse to patio ratio ever caused you to feel stressed?

5, everyday!

(1= never, 5= often)

7. do patients ever complain to you that they aren’t receiving adequate care/ attention because you are too busy?

5

(1= never, 5= often)

8. do you feel your job satisfaction is adversely affected by staffing ratios?

5

(1= not at all, 5= often)

9. what has your management done (if anything) to address staffing ratios?nothing, despite pleas