Reda

Reda has 19 years experience and specializes in ER, Management.

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1. Nurse to patient Ratio

   Reda replied to Reda's topic in General Nursing

   amoLucia great Ideas... I like it... KSA is Saudi Arabia. I work in LTC hospital 160 bed, with a ratio of 1;6 with 2-3 pca per floor. on average the floor is 30-38 patients. I am also from out of KSA and the staff are mostly from filipins ...

2. Nurse to patient Ratio

   Reda replied to Reda's topic in General Nursing

   I guess the work settings here in saudi arabia are different than other countries... here we offer accommodation with transpo.. in my hospital rarely there is a nurse with his own car and house... so this free parking won't be of a help for the nursi...

3. Nurse to patient Ratio

   Reda replied to Reda's topic in General Nursing

   the problem is that quitting was one of my thoughts, but after 4 years starting as a nursing supervisor until being a nursing director now, I am pretty sure that caring about quality care or caring about the nurses is the least bothering thing to the...

4. Nurse to patient Ratio

   Reda replied to Reda's topic in General Nursing

   egg122 NP, thanks for this reply.. I will look into lean management as you said. yes, I am really in a position where I am tied up, so I'm trying as I said to decrease the burden off nurses as much as possible. any motivational ideas...

5. Nurse to patient Ratio

   Reda replied to Reda's topic in General Nursing

   Nunya, and Jedrnurse. I totally understand that the nurses are suffering... the problem is in the administration. I am struggling to provide additional PCA.. plus I am not able to retain any nurse what so ever... so I was reaching out to see any new ...

6. Nurse to patient Ratio

   Reda replied to Reda's topic in General Nursing

   I totally agree with you and according to my experience, yes 4-5 is an optimum ratio, however the COVID situation made things worse... the nurses who leave we couldn't replace them because there is no replacement. So I am really struggling to find a ...

7. Nurse to patient Ratio

   Reda posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hey guys, I work as a nursing director in a hospice/LTC hospital in KSA, we have 160 bed capacity with an occupancy rate of 90%, I cannot find any research or resource for the exact needed amount of nurse or PCA(patient care assistant). currentl...