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Nurse Staffing Ratio Calculator

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Medical / Healthcare

Nurse Staffing Ratio Calculator

Live answer5 nurses20 patients at 1:4 ratio; 15 nurses across 3 shifts.
Live result5 nurses20 patients at 1:4 ratio; 15 nurses across 3 shifts.
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Nurses per shift = ceiling(patients / patients per nurse). Nurses per day = nurses per shift x shifts per day.

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Nurse Staffing Ratio Calculator: 5 nurses. 20 patients at 1:4 ratio; 15 nurses across 3 shifts.

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Nurses per shift = ceiling(patients / patients per nurse). Nurses per day = nurses per shift x shifts per day.
  1. Apply the formulaNurses per shift = ceiling(patients / patients per nurse). Nurses per day = nurses per shift x shifts per day.5 nurses20 patients at 1:4 ratio; 15 nurses across 3 shifts.

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Patients or beds
20
Patients per nurse
4
Shifts per day
3

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5 nurses

20 patients at 1:4 ratio; 15 nurses across 3 shifts.

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5 nurses
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20 patients at 1:4 ratio; 15 nurses across 3 shifts.

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  • Planning arithmetic only. Actual staffing depends on acuity, law, enterprise agreements, skill mix, breaks, float staff and facility policy.

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Patients or beds
20
Patients per nurse
4
Shifts per day
3

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5 nurses20 patients at 1:4 ratio; 15 nurses across 3 shifts.

Inputs

Patients or beds
20
Patients per nurse
4
Shifts per day
3

Method

Nurses per shift = ceiling(patients / patients per nurse). Nurses per day = nurses per shift x shifts per day.

  1. For 20 patients at a 1:4 ratio, the calculator returns 5 nurses per shift and 15 nurses across three shifts.

Assumptions

  • Planning arithmetic only. Actual staffing depends on acuity, law, enterprise agreements, skill mix, breaks, float staff and facility policy.

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