What are nurse/patient ratios in Nashville hospital ICU's

8-ball, BSN · Jan 20, 2017

at Vanderbilt I can tell you ours are 2:1 or 1:1. We also have a charge and a help all nurse that do not take patients. This is true for both day and night shift

Callmeflo84 · Jan 20, 2017

Wow! Does your charge nurse ever take patients? Do you always have a nurse who is the helper?

Wolf at the Door, BSN · Jan 23, 2017

^Vanderbilt nurses are the housekeeper's too. Vanderbilt Medical Center to have nurses cleaning up - WSMV Channel 4

I would NEVER work there.

FDE123 · Jan 24, 2017

The ratio is 3:1 in all of the Skyline CCUs except the trauma ICU where it is only 2:1. However, trauma unit nurses often get floated within the hospital depending on census :)

Wolf at the Door, BSN · Jan 24, 2017

The ratio is 3:1 in all of the Skyline CCUs except the trauma ICU where it is only 2:1. However, trauma unit nurses often get floated within the hospital depending on census :)

thats bull. I would never work in flyover again. this east coast girl is remaining coastal. 3 pts in ICU and you need to be the housekeeping.

FDE123 · Jan 24, 2017

You're not housekeeping a skyline and I'm pretty sure you are not housekeeping at Vandy either. That just doesn't make any sense quite frankly.

Wolf at the Door, BSN · Jan 26, 2017

You're not housekeeping a skyline and I'm pretty sure you are not housekeeping at Vandy either. That just doesn't make any sense quite frankly.

Did you watch the video? That is not fake news like on Facebook. .

8-ball, BSN · Jan 31, 2017

Actually that never ended up happening. I think at some point it was planned but never actually became reality. To answer your question no the charge never takes patients in my ICU and the ratio is always 2:1 or 1:1. We always have a help-all however there are times when the help all is so swamped that they cant help transport to CT or MRI or whatever it is that you need.

Wolf at the Door, BSN · Feb 1, 2017

^I would not want to work at a place with stupid upper management trying to give the nurses an extra job function. The fact it was proposed, agreed, announced to staff and then made its way on the local news is just ridiculous.