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Kristen Panthagani, MD, PhD

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Creator of youcanknowthings.com | Emergency Medicine resident at @Yale_EM | R #dataviz nerd | #SciComm writer | tweets my own views and not medical advice

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2 years ago

Unlike upstairs, there are *no limits* on staffing ratios for ER nurses. On the medical floor, a single nurse can have only 4-5 patients. In the ICU, only 2 patients. In the ER, a single nurse can have 10 patients or more, some critically ill who are “admitted” to the ICU.