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Re: Patient Load

From: Claudia Twisdale RN (twisdale@mediaspecialty.com)
Mon, 10 Sep 2001 17:22:46 -0500 (CDT)

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I have worked where I was the only RN on a Labor-Delivery, Nursery and Postpartum floor. Not ideal or best practice! I think 10 patients is a bit much, if everyone was a low risk vaginal delivery, maybe, but how often does that happen anymore? Now does this mean 10 moms, or 5 moms and babies?

At Mon, 10 Sep 2001, Sharon Engstrand LVN wrote: >
>I work on a post-partum floor. They are changing our matrix and we will
>now be
>having 10 patients a nurse on the 11-7 shift. I was wondering what the
>norm. was in some other hospitals. I feel that this is unsafe.

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