Patient Ratio v. Safety | Episode 092

<p>With only 20% of nurses in the US who feel staffing levels are safe, patient to nurse ratios is a big topic within healthcare. Not everyone can agree on legislations, but numbers are in: </p> <ul><li style="font-weight:400;">In hospitals a 1:8 nurse-to-patient ratios experience five additional deaths per 1,000 patients compared to a 1:4 nurse-to-patient ratio </li> <li style="font-weight:400;">Odds of patient death increases by 7% for each additional patient a nurse takes on at one time</li> </ul> <p>Today we discuss the good and bad of ratios and impacts it may or may not have on hospitals. </p> <p>Visit <a href='http://www.thenursingpostpodcast.com'>www.thenursingpostpodcast.com</a> for references and show notes from this episode.</p> <p>Thanks for listening! </p>