Nurses General Nursing
Published Aug 23, 2017
lee1
754 Posts
Hi all, just wondering what the RN staffing ratios look like now this year 2017 in subacute rehab here in NJ. I just retired from hospital nursing but have inlaw now in subacute who broke her femur. When I went to visit yesterday it looked like 1 wing held about 20 pts and that was 2 RN and 2 aides during the day until 11pm. Then after 11pm 1 RN and 1 aide. If that is subacute what is nursing home staffing??? Really appropriate???
JBMmom, MSN, NP
4 Articles; 2,537 Posts
My facility has a short term sub acute rehab wing with 30 beds. One charge RN 24 hours a day, with a med nurse 7:30 am- 2pm and 4-8pm. , It can get ridiculous, especially with how quickly they're shipped from hospitals to rehab- day two post ops, lots of IV antibiotics, including PICC lines, TPN, etc. Makes me nervous sometimes.
Jedrnurse, BSN, RN
2,776 Posts
Sometimes "sub-acute" is really "acute", but the staffing doesn't change...
So on night shift it's one nurse to (potentially) 30 sub-acute patients???