whats the average nurse/patient ratio

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I was offered a job at a nursing care/rehab center, and I just found out that its a 40 bed unit. The nurse/patient ratio is 1:20. I think this ratio is unsafe and crazy....I was also offered another job on a cardiac unit in a hospital. The nurse/patient ratio on that unit is 1:8....

I have no experience with cardiac nursing, just rehab. I don't know which I should take.....any suggestions?:confused:

On our tele units, it is 3/4 days, 3/4eves and 6-8 nights, In the ICUS it is 1 or 2 patients.....From what it sounds like we are pretty lucky.........I am not sure how you get your work done..........

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On our tele units, it is 3/4 days, 3/4eves and 6-8 nights, In the ICUS it is 1 or 2 patients.....From what it sounds like we are pretty lucky.........I am not sure how you get your work done..........

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Yesterday I reported to work in (small rural) ICU (3M/S overflow and 3 stable ICU) and we had 2 RNs. No CNA's, no ward clerk. M/S had 13 patients with 4 RN's (1 charge) 2 CNA's and a ward clerk. What's wrong with this picture? M/S complains they have more patients to chart on than ICU and that we have a cushy job!!!!

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Yesterday I reported to work in (small rural) ICU (3M/S overflow and 3 stable ICU) and we had 2 RNs. No CNA's, no ward clerk. M/S had 13 patients with 4 RN's (1 charge) 2 CNA's and a ward clerk. What's wrong with this picture? M/S complains they have more patients to chart on than ICU and that we have a cushy job!!!!

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Kewl"

Seems like the nursing staff and thr union need to get together. There IS a shortage of nurses with those unsafe assignments.

Maybe nurses from area hospitals can get together before there are deaths.

There probably have been already.

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Kewl"

Seems like the nursing staff and thr union need to get together. There IS a shortage of nurses with those unsafe assignments.

Maybe nurses from area hospitals can get together before there are deaths.

There probably have been already.

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Keep looking. Don't worry that you won't find a job -- you need to find a job with safe conditions -- where you will succeed. My med-surg-tele unit is 1:6 days/evenings; 1:12/nights. Average nurse's aide ratio is 1:9 days/evenings; 1:13/14 nights.

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Keep looking. Don't worry that you won't find a job -- you need to find a job with safe conditions -- where you will succeed. My med-surg-tele unit is 1:6 days/evenings; 1:12/nights. Average nurse's aide ratio is 1:9 days/evenings; 1:13/14 nights.

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OH MY GOD!! ON A TELE UNIT IT'S 1:6

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OH MY GOD!! ON A TELE UNIT IT'S 1:6

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Hi, i work on a surgical unit 22 beds that takes list, emergency and often medical outlyers we work on 1: 11 basis often with only one auxillary. When i first started training most of these wards had 3 trained staff now its difficult to cover with 2.

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Hi, i work on a surgical unit 22 beds that takes list, emergency and often medical outlyers we work on 1: 11 basis often with only one auxillary. When i first started training most of these wards had 3 trained staff now its difficult to cover with 2.

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