Description of the Activity: I am doing my clinical rotation on 5 West, which is an Oncology/ Infection disease Medical- Surgical floor. Just like any other Med Surgical floor the staff to patient ratio is not ideal. Nurses take up to seven patients and the patient care techs (PCT) take 10 to 15 patients. It gets hard for the staff to provide patients with the best care possible when they are so short staffed. This past week I was responsible for two of my own patients while helping my nurse, other nurses, and the PCTs’. One of my patients, Mrs. J was a 64 year old female who was admitted to the hospital for a DVT in her right calf. Mrs. J was obese and immobile and she refused to use a bedpan. One of the evenings I was with Mrs. J I went into her room about 45 minutes after we administered her some pain medication to reassess her
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The incidence of hospital infections also increase when the patient to nurse ratio is five and above. Not only does having a higher ratio of patients to nurses increase falls and infections, but patients are less likely to rate their hospital stay as a positive one, as well as less likely to recommend the hospital to others ( “Research links”, 2013).
Analysis of Observations and Comparison with the Literature: The article supports my thoughts on the nurse to patient ratio and the affect it has one patient care. Although I do agree with patients being less likely to rate the hospital stay as positive one if the nurse to patient ratio is low, that is not always the case. Patients who are admitted to 5W are still enjoying their hospital stay even with the patient to nurse ratio. There were quite a few patients who remembered specific nurses’ names because they said they had such a great experience with them in the past.
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The incidence of hospital infections also increase when the patient to nurse ratio is five and above. Not only does having a higher ratio of patients to nurses increase falls and infections, but patients are less likely to rate their hospital stay as a positive one, as well as less likely to recommend the hospital to others ( “Research links”, 2013).
Analysis of Observations and Comparison with the Literature: The article supports my thoughts on the nurse to patient ratio and the affect it has one patient care. Although I do agree with patients being less likely to rate the hospital stay as positive one if the nurse to patient ratio is low, that is not always the case. Patients who are admitted to 5W are still enjoying their hospital stay even with the patient to nurse ratio. There were quite a few patients who remembered specific nurses’ names because they said they had such a great experience with them in the past.
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