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AB 394 RN/LVN/LPT Staff Ratios Matrix
ADULT
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CRITICAL CARE UNIT
(ICU, CCU, Burn) |
STEPDOWN
UNIT |
MEDICAL - SURGICAL UNIT ** |
EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT *** |
TRANSITIONAL
IN-PATIENT CARE |
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH UNIT **** |
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Nurse : Patients |
Nurse : Patients |
Nurse : Patients |
Nurse : Patients |
Nurse : Patients |
Nurse : Patients |
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1 : 2 |
1 : 6 |
1 : 10 |
1 : 6 |
1 : 12 |
1 : 12 |
MATERNAL/CHILD
|
NEW BORN
NURSERY |
INTERMEDIATE CARE NURSERY |
NEONATAL/PEDIATRIC
I C U |
PEDIATRICS |
LABOR &
DELIVERY |
POST PARTUM UNIT |
|
Nurse : Patients |
Nurse : Patients |
Nurse *
: Patients |
Nurse : Patients |
Nurse : Patients |
Nurse : Patients |
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MOTHER |
COUPLET CARE |
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1 : 8 |
1 : 6 |
1 : 2 |
1 : 6 |
1 : 3 |
1 : 8 |
1 : 4 |
PERI-OPERATIVE
|
OPERATING ROOM |
P A C U |
|
Nurse *
: Patient |
Nurse : Patients |
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1 : 1 |
1 : 3 |
* RNs Only
* * May Include Telemetry and Oncology
* * * If a patient in the Emergency Department is admitted but remains in
the ED, the nurse to patient ratio must be dependent on the nurse to patient
ratio for the area to which the patient is admitted.
* * * * Assumes Registered Nurse/Licensed Vocational Nurse/Psychiatric
Technicians
With the exception of the areas already defined in law as requiring a
registered nurse, "nurse" means either a registered nurse or licensed
vocational nurse.
Governor Davis’ letter of October 10, 1999, directs DHS "to write
the regulations so that the minimum required staffing does not exceed that
necessary to comply with other existing standards and the levels necessary to
provide quality care. In other words, the minimums should be just that, in order
for hospitals to retain reasonable flexibility."
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