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Saturday, 24 March 2007

RN to Patient Ratios in California:

Perinatal Services

      Effective January 1st, 2004* 

      Antepartum

      Labor & Delivery

      Postpartum

      Couplet Care

      Neonatal ICU

      Continuing Care Nursery

      Well-Baby Nursery

      		1 nurse : 4 patients (not in active labor)

      1 nurse : 2 patients (in active labor)

      1 nurse : 6 patients (mothers)

      1 nurse : 4 couplets (mothers and babies)

      1 nurse : 2 patients

      1 nurse : 4 patients

      1 nurse : 8 newborns

      Emergency (ER) Services

      Trauma

      Critical Care

      Visits

      		1 nurse : 1 patient

      1 nurse : 2 patients

      1 nurse : 4 patients plus a triage nurse

      Hospital Care (other services)
      Operating Room

      Pediatrics

      Stepdown

      Telemetry

      Specialty (e.g. oncology)

      Medical/Surgical

      Psychiatry

      		1 nurse : 1 patient

      1 nurse : 4 patients

      1 nurse : 4 patients (see below)

      1 nurse : 5 patients (see below)

      1 nurse : 5 patients (see below)

      1 nurse : 6 patients (see below)

      1 nurse : 6 patients

 

    Effective January 2005

    		Hospital Care (other services)
    Medical/Surgical 1 nurse : 5 patients

    Effective January 2008

    		Hospital Care (other services)
    Stepdown

    Telemetry

    Specialty (e.g. Oncology)

    		1 nurse : 3 patients

    1 nurse : 4 patients

    1 nurse : 4 patients

 
 
 

    *Under Title 22, California regulations on staffing and other issues in acute care hospitals, specific nurse-to-patient ratios for some units have long been established. These units include CCU, ICU, Intensive Care Nursery, Cardiovascular Surgery, OR, Well-Baby Nursery, and Respiratory Care Units. There is also a requirement for at least one RN on every unit, so that if only one nurse is on the unit, it must be a registered nurse.  

      States Considering Legislation Regarding Nurse Staffing in Hospitals:

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    of nurse-to-patient ratios    		 Task force to study 
    nurse staffing
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