Typical Ratio?

[BeachsideRN, ASN]

Hey peds nurses,

Just curious if you're a floor nurse what is your typical ratio? Are you in a children's hospital or just a peds floor of a general hospital? What part of the country are you in?

Just trying to get an idea of what is a "normal" ratio for floor peds nurses.

Thanks!

[sergel02, BSN]

Not a nurse, but from what nurses in those areas told me:

1. We're in California

2. For Peds floor, their ratios are maxed at 4 patients to 1 nurse. Usually 3:1 though.

3. For PICU, it tends to be 2:1, sometimes 1:1, and rarely 1:2 (1 patient and 2 nurses for that patient).

[BeachsideRN, ASN]

Not a nurse, but from what nurses in those areas told me:

1. We're in California

2. For Peds floor, their ratios are maxed at 4 patients to 1 nurse. Usually 3:1 though.

3. For PICU, it tends to be 2:1, sometimes 1:1, and rarely 1:2 (1 patient and 2 nurses for that patient).

That is definitely reasonable. The ones I've seen in some places are kind of scary.

[~PedsRN~, BSN, RN]

I am in a large children's hospital, working nightshift on a general med surg floor.

My ratio is 4:1... we really like 3:1, and have struggled by it 5:1. :)

[RNthenDoc]

Well I'm a new graduate at Dallas Children's in the PICU and the ratio I have had so far is 1:2, but for the floor I believe it may be either 1:3 or 1:4, I am not entirely sure.