Yes, someone did suggest that. I was replying to MoshRN who stated that they get assigned to a pp mag pt plus 3 couplets (which is 7 pts). And yes, a PP mag can easily be taken care of on a PP floor...
We don't use acuity scoring like other ip units. But we, in general, don't take any mag pts on our PP floor after a sentinel event when pt was found over sedated aka mag toxic, and hemorrhaged...
2 years ago, our 18 bed MB unit became Baby Friendly. We used to staff our nursery(1 RN) and have 3 couplets per RN, 1 charge with no pts. Now we have 4 couplets, 1 procedure nurse, 1 charge nurse no...