On average, how many patients do you care for a shift in the Med/Surg department?

On average 1:5/ 1:6 maximum

In California med-surg is 4:1 if med/surg-tele. It’s 5:1 if no tele/low acuity.

4:1, sometime 5:1. It’s dynamic at my small hospital, so with admissions and discharges one could be caring for as many as 8 on a busy day. Med surg is no joke.

Days 5-6
NOCs 6-7

I worked on the telemetry/Covid unit and always had five. Too many if all five are Covid positive. I got floated to Med/Surg a few times. Mostly five, but once I had six. Six is too many if they are all very needy and they were!

We would have up to 8 sometimes 9 on bad days... but anything above 6 is a bad day

6. If you have any discharges they replace the patients within an hour or less.

Depending on staffing. Sometimes 9:1, sometimes 6:1

6

Where I worked usually 6. If we were extremely short staffed 8.

In Arkansas it's whatever they can get away with so be sure you know what your getting into before you accept a shift. I once came to work my first day off orientation to find out the ratio was 1:18. Needless to say I refused the shift and never went back.

6 - here in Florida. Ideally, 5 should be the limit. I would not take more than 7.

6-12, pts per shift plus assist w others

4 max

6 if nit 7

5 patients at the most

I work at a level one trauma hospital and we are 6:1 every single day regardless if we have techs or not. The most we’ve had to take is 7:1 with no techs. That’s nights and day shift.

Metro MN is 4:1 day/eve and 5:1 nights

Hey there! On average 6 but lately 7…I’m so tired!!

1:5/6 is average on med surg floor

I think it all depends on where you work. Might have up to 7 patients, depending on staffing. Everywhere is short now. Thanks, Covid.

5- 6

Anywhere between 1:4 to 1:6

10 pts

10 pts per shift

Average of 1:15 patients per shift...

1:3-6 depending on acuity

In dunedin Fl I was having 8 surgicals post op