Nurse to Patient Ratio: Importance and Impacts

NURSE TO PATIENT RATIO
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OVERVIEW
 BACKGROUND - Nurses have a vital role in safeguarding the patient by
continuously observing the patient and performing many additional
tasks to guarantee patients obtain brilliant healthcare.
 OBJECTIVE – The objective of this presentation is to maintain a safe and
healthy atmosphere of the healthcare system by maintaining a proper
nurse to patient ratio in order to provide safety to the patient’s welfare,
which is essential in health care.
 OUTLINE – Effective Leadership is a primary role for maintaining the
nurse to patient ratio and its impacts and is very important for nurses
at all stages of the nursing field.
 CONCLUSION – This presentation suggests that one nurse should be
allotted to at least 3 to 4 patients, in order to decrease the risk of death
in patients. This will help in reducing the impacts of nurse to patient
ratio.

BACKGROUND
 The nurse to patient ratio differs in each medical facility
from hospitals to clinics.
 The nurse to patient ratio generally becomes a
problematic concern that can become hectic in a
healthcare facility.
 It can become advantageous and also at the same time
may give rise to several problems (Kluwer 2016).

OBJECTIVES
 The objective of this presentation is to analyze the
leadership qualities to develop better patient outcome
and improve the nurse to patient ratio.
 It is necessary to sustain a benign and vigorous setting of
the healthcare structure by retaining a suitable nurse to
patient ratio in mandate to deliver care to the patient’s
health, which is essential in health care (Kluwer 2016).