Interactive Case Study

2/6/22, 6:28 PM Nurs440: Overstaffing

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You know I don’t even know the staffing ratio requirements for this unit. Yesterday I cared for five babies, one who was really sick and required transferring to County General.

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Grace: You know I don’t even know the staffing ratio requirem ents for this unit. Yesterday I cared for five babies, one who was really sick and required transferring to County General. Nancy: Grace, the ratio is 1:4 on this unit for lower-risk babies and 1:1 in the NICU (neonatal ICU).

Susie: You know, there is a nursing shortage at the bedside and with the im plem entation of the new com puter charting and the im plem entation of the affordable care act, health care costs are soaring. Let’s check out the guidelines for m andatory staffing again, and speak with the director. I know that nurse fatigue is a factor when m istakes are m ade, and we are taking care of very sick babies. The hospital does not actually use acuity guidelines in real tim e. Nancy: There are classification tools that m easure the requirem ent needed for each patient. Som etim es a stated m andatory ratio does not always m eet the requirem ent for

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