What’s weird is that at my hospital , ICU nurses don’t take more than 4 patients in med surg. But if a med surg nurse is floated to a higher level like PCU , they still have to take a full load up there. Make it make sense.
2026-05-31 02:37:19
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David Wagner :
7 is crazy. 6 is absolutely maximum. 5 is usually manageable
2026-05-31 13:18:11
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Ashley :
7 patients is WILD 😬
2026-05-31 00:42:15
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jessicab4515 :
Med/Surg should only ever be 4:1.
2026-06-01 19:45:37
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Valentine :
As a California girly, more than 5 is 😳.
2026-05-30 22:37:26
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Mom and Lovey :
No one should be handling 6 or 7 patients. 5 should be the max for any unit. It’s not safe.
2026-06-01 00:37:36
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Giovanni Padilla :
here in Puerto Rico we get 20 pt easy ! 😅
2026-06-03 02:21:22
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✨Wtf butterfly✨ :
I’m a CNA and had 30 to myself before 😭
2026-05-31 22:24:25
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@amythom :
Our icu doesn’t float to med surg! Just to the tele floor & max of 4!!
2026-06-01 17:43:43
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Kayla 🫶 :
I used to work med surg at my hospital and could take up to 6. But now I’m ICU and if we get floated out, we only go to the cardiac floors and can only take 3 patients.
2026-05-31 23:38:12
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Stephanie Lundy :
I soooo wish more nurses thought like you do!!! ❤️❤️much respect 🫡
2026-05-31 04:42:35
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Alicia🎀 :
Tech here and I can get up to 15 patients
2026-06-14 03:58:24
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Cynthia Morey :
Wow! 5?? We can only give our floated ICU nurses 3 patients.
2026-06-05 22:58:48
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Kassi Spencer :
At my hospital, ICU nurses never float to the floor
2026-06-02 06:21:01
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Amira Bella :
Ours dont take more than 3 😂 but pcu nurse can take 5
2026-05-31 16:20:55
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Kat :
At my hospital icu can’t float to med surg. So they will float to pcu and then pcu will float to med surg.
2026-05-31 17:18:21
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Bryan Acres :
ICU nurses cant even float to med surge at my hospital and can only go up to 4 patients on step down
2026-06-23 12:31:45
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grammaanne :
“The people who change the world are usually too busy working in the TRENCHES to notice”
2026-06-01 22:07:31
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Joselin Lopez :
Our icu nurses only get 3, but we get 7 in med surg lol
2026-06-20 19:04:29
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user2606978140551 :
30-50 in long term care
2026-06-24 07:29:49
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joyanixicillin :
In the Philippines, we handle more than 10 patients including patients who refused ICU transfers. Med Surg nurse here 😩
2026-06-01 11:46:41
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Clinical Nurse Specialist :
Med Surg nurses are rock stars!
2026-05-31 08:37:43
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coolsoup10 :
Med-surg is crazy to me! The patients walk to the bathroom on their own! Our ICU doesn’t even have a bathroom—you get a commode that I have to order. And you can’t get out of bed without me, are you kidding me? My float to med-surg was like going to the twilight zone and extremely uncomfortable. I would have been so anxious with more than 3 patients. Nice team just no idea how the work flow goes. God bless you floor nurses!
2026-06-09 17:08:06
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Mfleeting :
5 is still a lot some hospitals max icu nurses at 3 when floating to med surg
2026-06-08 23:27:37
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