what is the patient - staff ratio...

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Specializes in acute medical.

in hospitals around Oz? Where I am it can be

M: 1 to 5

L: 1 to 6

N: 1 to 8/9

It would be interesting to see...

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hi Tiwi

i work in a 30-bed ortho surgical ward. The staffing ratio is 5:1 for mornings and arvo's (so there are 6 nurses plus our care-coordinator/senior team leader), and i think we have 4 nurses on for night duty... however i can't remember at the moment! Im on night duty as of tomorrow night (aggh! my first one ever!) so i will report back with numbers :)

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Specializes in acute medical.

Nights are good, though not great for the social life

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Early 1:4

Late 1:4

Nite 1:7

we're get extra funding from the cancer council, so that's why our ratio's are good.

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Specializes in ICU, midwifery, Nurse Practitioner.

Sydney, post natal ward,

Early 1:4/5

Late 1:5

Night 1:7

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ok, survived night shift, 4 nurses which equates to 1:7 (then it depends as to which two nurses get the extra two patients)

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that's a good ratio. I am in a 26 bed surg ward.

M - 1:5 on a blessed day, 1:12 on a bad day or any number in between.

L - 1:7 to 1:9 depending if it is a TURP day

N- 1-13 or one extra staff for a TURP day

Only downside is when the ratios consist of support staff or new ENs cause that means the RN's are spread thin. In QLD En's are restricted in practise compared to other states so the RN's are required to do some of the EN"s workload, if needed.

So my ratio on a day shift might be 1:10 with a support staff assigned to help me.

Oh the lovely TREND base system, who ever invented it needs a reality check.

jo

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Sunshine Coast/ Private Sector

Wow! I work nights and I can have anything between 7 to 19 patients in a med/surg ward.

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