Nurse/Patient Ratios

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What are nurse/patient ratios like where you work? ICU? Med/surg? Other?

Here in Sask, I usually get 1 patient in the ICU. I hear that the medical and surgical floors can get up to 16-18. :eek: Is the entire country similar to this?

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Med-surg in California is 6:1.

steph

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Med-surg in California is 6:1.

steph

You guys have the nice stafing ratios down there, eh? We're not so lucky up here in Canada, at least not around here.

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5-6 in Alberta in gyn/post partum

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5-6 in Alberta in gyn/post partum

Do you mind if I ask what size of city you work in? If you want, you can PM me. Those ratios sound much better than here, and I know an RN and LPN who are both looking for positions in Alberta.

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on my current unit, the ratio is always 3:1 in the trauma rooms... on the surgical side it's 4:1 for days/evenings and 6:1 on nights...

my old unit (another surgical), it was 4:1 on days/evenings and 8:1 on nights...

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The most I have seen here is 2:1 in the ICU and 8:1 on the floor at night. During the day the floor ration is usually 4-5:1.

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6-7:1 on days

8-9:1 on nights

surgical unit 33 beds with step down unit

New Brunswick

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Edmonton 4-5:1 on med/surg during day 8:1 during night ICU 1:1

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I'm from scranton pa area, our ICU has up to 3 ICU patients per 1 RN on day shift. :no::banghead::sstrs::dzed::grn: :crying2:

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Specializes in CHN, MH & Addictions, Acute Med, Neuro..

3-4:1 days 4-5:1 nights on a medical unit.

Vancouver, BC.

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usually 6-7 for the day and up to 10-12 at night

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