Safety critical nurse-to-patient ratios - Royal College of Nursing Setting limits on the maximum number of patients per registered nurse in every UK health care setting The evidence is clear We need staffing levels that protect nursing staff and patient safety High numbers of nursing vacancies are having a devastating impact on nursing staff and their patients
Safe staffing for nursing in adult inpatient wards in acute . . . - NICE There is no single nursing staff-to-patient ratio that can be applied across all acute adult inpatient wards However, take into account that there is evidence of increased risk of harm associated with a registered nurse caring for more than 8 patients during the day shifts
Safety in Numbers: How Unregulated Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Affect . . . An identified clear relationship between inadequate staffing of registered nurses (RNs) and adverse patient outcomes noted in current literature is alarming Mandating nurse-to-patient ratios is one way to alleviate the challenges associated with the current state of nurse staffing
Nurse staffing levels within acute care: results of a national day of . . . Defining what constitutes safe nurse staffing levels is complex A range of guidance and planning tools are available to inform staffing decisions The Society for Acute Medicine (SAM) recommend a ‘nurse-to-bed‘ratio of greater than 1:6
Guidance on safe nurse staffing levels in the UK - Royal College of Nursing nurses in the UK reported that care was compromised at least once a week due to short staffing NHS nurses who regularly report that patient care is compromised are working on wards with twice as many patients per RN as those who report care is never compromised On average wards that have a ratio of no more than six