Patient to Nurse Ratios: What are yours?

[rkitty198]

I am curious about what your patient ratio is.....

State the following:

State

City

Unit worked

Patient load

Shift

I will start:

Texas

El Paso

Med Surge

7-8 patients

day shift

Texas

El Paso

Telemetry

6 patients

day shift

Washington

Edmonds

Surgical/Oncology

5-6 patients

day shift

[Selene006, BSN, LPN]

Boston, MA

Sub-acute rehab/ LTC

30 patients

[LaceyRN]

Ortho/Neuro Med-surg

Days: 4-6:1

Eves: 5-7:1

Nights: 8:1

due to the high acuity of our patients, anything over 5:1 on days is unsafe. We had a nurse yesterday with 7 on days...scary

[GooeyRN, ADN, BSN, CNA, LPN, RN]

NE PA

med/surg nights 9

psych evenings 8

[Kim O'Therapy, BSN, RN]

Bone Marrow Transplant/Cellular Therapy 1: 2-3 (depending on acuity)

[RNMLIS]

LTC / SUB ACUTE

RN

3-11

up to 22 (2 unwilling cna)

11-7

up to 44 (2 unwilling/ sleeping) CNA

acuity varies

Chaos on wheels

currently on disability

will never return to the crime ot LTC

[diane227, LPN, RN]

Edmonds, Washington: 34 bed med, surg, ortho floor: general is 4:1 or 5:1. On 3-11 we NEVER go over 5 to one.

[jessiern, BSN, RN]

Alabama, although city is too specific as it is a very small town.

38 bed med-surg unit

Varies depending on dept census. Usually 4:1 at the least, and the max I have had was 10:1 - but only once. 6:1 is about the average

[caroline147]

boston, MA

telemetry

3-4 patients:1

day/nights

[honeyblpn]

Pa

Harrisburg

LTC - Agency Nurse

25+ patients

day/eve

[ExtraShotNoWhip]

LTC Nights- Indiana

1:up to 38 depending on census.

[litebrightgirl]

LTC 56 people per 1 nurse on overnights.

[clvlpn34]

Ohio

Cleveland (suburb)

Long Term Care

25 when full (21 at this time)

7-3