Which specialties have 3 pts/nurse or less?

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Specializes in Geriatrics/Retirement Residence.

Hello to all,

In your experience, which nursing specialties/or hospital units have assignments of 3 patients per nurse or less?

Thanks :)

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Specializes in Plastics. General Surgery. ITU. Oncology.

ITU or HDU and any variations thereof is all I can think of.

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Specializes in neurology, cardiology, ED.

Intensive Care. If you're lucky, or happen to work in CA you will have 1-2. 3 is the reality for most of the rest of us.

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Specializes in LTC.

ICU, and maybe labor and delivery.

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Specializes in Pediatric Hem/Onc.

I work on a peds hem/onc floor. The typical patient assignment is 3 max (less with critical/busy kids if possible.)

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Specializes in Peri-Op.

ICU(any of them), L&D, Cath Lab, Surgery, most good ERs

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Specializes in Transplant.

Transplant step-downs usually are a 3-1, not that there are a whole lot of those :D

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Specializes in OB, NICU, Nursing Education (academic).

In my specialty area....L&D and NICU

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Specializes in High-risk OB.

The ratio on our antepartum unit is usually 3:1; though we sometimes have 4:1.

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Specializes in ICU, telemetry, LTAC.

Just so you know, three or less can often be a whole honkin' truckload of work!

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ICU and OR. I work L&D. I think I have 4 pt's, 2 pt's I can see and 2 I have on a fetal monitor.

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Specializes in Psych, Geriatrics.

NICU? I did my senior practicum there once upon a time. But the "step down" or intermediate infant unit might have like 5 at a time.

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