Ward Staffing Levels - How are they for you?

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:) Well this is my first posting on this forum and I do hope that the replies do not disappoint!

My quest in this instance is looking at staffing levels in relation to the number of beds and I would be most grateful if others would help by giving information from their own clinical areas.

The sort of information I am looking for is;

1. Type of clinical area, eg cardiology, medical. elderly care etc

2.Number of beds in your clinical area

3. Intended staffing levels for Earlies; Lates and Nights in terms of registered and non-registered staff. (EG 3+1 means 3 registered nurses and 1 HCA)

4. Do you have any supernumerary staff to assist such as a ward co-ordinator?

Also, you can put which part of the UK you are from if you so wish. Thanks in advance for this!

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
:) Well this is my first posting on this forum and I do hope that the replies do not disappoint!

My quest in this instance is looking at staffing levels in relation to the number of beds and I would be most grateful if others would help by giving information from their own clinical areas.

The sort of information I am looking for is;

1. Type of clinical area, eg cardiology, medical. elderly care etc

2.Number of beds in your clinical area

3. Intended staffing levels for Earlies; Lates and Nights in terms of registered and non-registered staff. (EG 3+1 means 3 registered nurses and 1 HCA)

4. Do you have any supernumerary staff to assist such as a ward co-ordinator?

Also, you can put which part of the UK you are from if you so wish. Thanks in advance for this!

it has been 3 years since I left working in a hospital and into the community. Just wanted to welcome you to the web site

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Specializes in RN, BSN, CHDN.

Welcome to allnurses. :balloons:

I work on a neuro rehab ward under 65

10 beds (sounds cushy doesnt it )

Ideal numbers early 2+3 no supernumery status for ward co-ord

late 2+2

Night 2+1

Please note all our patients have aquired brain injury and have limited or no mobility.

we have 2 physio's + 1 tech

2 OT + 1 tech

1 social worker

2 speech and language specialists

1 neuro psychologists

2 Consultants

Hope this helps

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it has been 3 years since I left working in a hospital and into the community. Just wanted to welcome you to the web site

Hey Anna, I never realised you're a Community Nurse (me too!) :chuckle

Just wondering if you've had any comments from your future US employer about not doing any recent acute hospital nursing? Mine's making a bit of an issue about it :o

Tina

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.
Hey Anna, I never realised you're a Community Nurse (me too!) :chuckle

Just wondering if you've had any comments from your future US employer about not doing any recent acute hospital nursing? Mine's making a bit of an issue about it :o

Tina

I am a practice nurse :) Comments from future US employer none. They haven't said anything and I have just said that I am happy to go back into acute setting

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Specializes in renal,peritoneal dialysis, medicine.
Welcome to allnurses. :balloons:

I work on a neuro rehab ward under 65

10 beds (sounds cushy doesnt it )

Ideal numbers early 2+3 no supernumery status for ward co-ord

late 2+2

Night 2+1

Please note all our patients have aquired brain injury and have limited or no mobility.

we have 2 physio's + 1 tech

2 OT + 1 tech

1 social worker

2 speech and language specialists

1 neuro psychologists

2 Consultants

Hope this helps

hi i work on a nephrology ward we have 12 patients, varying levels of ability as when the hospital has no renal patients we get heavy medical patients.

ideal staffing is

early 2/3+2 +ward clerk

late 2+1

night 2+1

sometimes we have 4 staff on an early we try to have 5 as this frees up somone for consultant ward rounds which happen 3 times a week

also we have students who are supernumary

our ward is about to increase in size to 22 patients but we will be having no extra staff as far as we know, god knows what will happen then!

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hi i work on a nephrology ward we have 12 patients, varying levels of ability as when the hospital has no renal patients we get heavy medical patients.

ideal staffing is

early 2/3+2 +ward clerk

late 2+1

night 2+1

sometimes we have 4 staff on an early we try to have 5 as this frees up somone for consultant ward rounds which happen 3 times a week

also we have students who are supernumary

our ward is about to increase in size to 22 patients but we will be having no extra staff as far as we know, god knows what will happen then!

We have 4 on a late because it is so heavy and we have lots of heavy hoist patients it takes 2 per patient to manual handle, and we dont compromise.

Our ward too is to increase with no extra staff from september, and we dont know how we will manage. But hey who cares anymore.

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