what is the pt to nurse ratio in dfw typically

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Hi guys, I graduated May 2011 and moved to Eagle Pass in November after not finding a position in DFW. I want to at least get my two years experience and then move back home to dfw. My question for you lucky ducks that are RN's in dfw hospitals-what is your usually patient load. Here I take seven patients and if one d/c's, well here comes a new admission to replace it!! Just wondering if seven is what most dfw hospitals take- I am hoping it is more like five or six. Please fill me in-Thanks so much!

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I am on an ICU Stepdown unit with telemetry. Days are typically 4:1, nights 5-6:1

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The med/surg ratio at JPS (Fort Worth's county hospital) is 5 patients on days and 6 patients on nights. I do not work there, but did interview with them a while back.

The med/surg ratio at an outlying suburban hospital was 7 patients on days and 7 to 8 patients on nights. I was offered this job, but rejected it for several reasons.

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I work on a surg floor at Parkland and we typically have 5 patients with 1 admit and 1 discharge (days - 7 nights). I hear some of the other surg floors only have 4 (I haven't floated yet so don't know for sure). During school at Baylor Dallas (med floors) the nurse I worked with always had 6 (days) with admits as soon as one was discharged. I think the trade-off is in documentation. Parkland requires lots of computer charting.

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