Nurse/patient ratios

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  1. what is your nurse patient ratio?

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      what area do you work?
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      what state do you sork in?
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      what is your nurse/patient ratio?
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      What shift?

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What is the state you practice in?

What is your type floor e.g. medsurg, or tele.?

What is your nurse to patient ratio?

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I live in washington...

I work in med-surg...

ratio is 5-8 on nights

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Texas

Chronic dialysis (hemo)

One nurse to ten pts

Days

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Long Term Care.

Pennsylvania.

Med/Surg.

1:6-7 all shifts. (Acuity doesn't matter)

(1 PCT [nurses' aide] for 12-18 plus patients)

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Mississippi

I work diff. areas on night shift

med/surg:5-7 pts

icu:1-2pts

geri/psych:5-6pts

Pt loads don't sound so bad..but we have no cna's on night shifts anymore.

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Specializes in OB, Telephone Triage, Chart Review/Code.

North Carolina

Postpartum

6-10 patient/shift

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Rehab Days

AZ

~8

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Connecticut

Surgical floor

Eves

4 ~ 7

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Trauma, Ortho, Neuro, Cardiac.

What is the state you practice in? Florida

What is your type floor e.g. medsurg, or tele.? Med-Tele (not cardiac PCU)

What is your nurse to patient ratio? 6:1 night shift

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I work in North Carolina

PCU/ medical tele floor.

ratio is 1 nurse to 3 pts on PCU and 1 nurse to 5 pts on tele.

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I work in R.I . I work on a acute rehab unit. The capacity is 20 pts ratio is alternating some times 2 R.N.s we split the unit so 10 each with 1 cna on each side usually 5 staff members on 2-3 rns 1 lpn and one cna

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Ohio

Med/tele 7p-7a

6-8 pts. with a NA

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