Importance of Nurse to Patient Ratio in Healthcare Facilities

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CRITERIA 1
Topic – Nurse to Patient ratio
The topic nurse to patient ratio is a very important matter that should be handled properly in
order to avoid the problems that can occur due to inappropriate nurse staffing ratio in a hospital
or a clinic and helps in the provision of a better patient safety and healthy workplace. The aim of
the presentation is to assess the importance of the nurse to patient ratio and to analyse the
importance of the nurse staffing.
CRITERIA 2
The nurse to patient ratio differs in each medical facility from hospitals to clinics. These ratios
vary depending on the type of department. For example, Hospitals need to follow the one-to-one
nurse-to-patient ratio in the challenging care divisions, whereas the emergency divisions will ask
for one-to-three nurse-to-patient rate.
The nurse to patient ratio generally becomes a problematic concern that can become hectic in a
healthcare facility. There are times when it can be seen that the healthcare facilities are getting
many patients with severe cases be it acute or chronic. There are certain hospitals who have
shortage of nurses; these may appoint a single nurse in charge of too many patients, which may
create a possibility of becoming hassled, and that may lead to making several medical errors as a
consequence of a chaotic patient panel.
This issue is very important because the nurse to patient ratio is a very complicated matter. It can
become advantageous and also at the same time may give rise to several problems.

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• The patient safety act states that the obligatory nurse ratios will help in enhancing
the patient care quality because it has the idea that nurses will diverge their care
among fewer patients; however there many critics that states that it can restrict the
patient care access.
• Also there is a chance that, if a hospital or a clinic permits one nurse to a certain
number of patients, then it may limit the hospital’s patient quantity.
• The significance of effective clinical leadership in guaranteeing a high quality
health care system that unfailingly delivers safe and effective care. Effective
clinical leadership is a necessity of hospital care, with system performance,
attainment of health reform goals, timely care provision, and is an essential factor
of the healthcare system.
CRITERIA 3
Nurse to patient ratio is really very important as not maintaining the ratio will cause unnecessary
deaths, grievance, and will form a negative surrounding the patients’ family and also the
healthcare members. All such impacts can be prevented in several ways and effective leadership
is a primary role for prevention of such impacts and is very important for nurses at all stages of
the nursing field. Variety in the policies and initiatives mean that the nursing profession has a
progressing impact on all the phases of healthcare distribution. Medical staffs should be well
aware and much capable in order to apply this leadership skill evidently and positively. Efficient
leaders are a necessity for solving difficult problems, maintaining the group efficiency and
improve group identification. The effective leader should be dynamic, passionate, have a
motivational impact on other members, and they should be solution-focused and keep on