Katie:
This is a great question and one that we are often asked. There are many variable that determine your health staffing ratios: population being served? licensure of healthcare staff? distance from ER or urgent care? Support staff? Complexity of care? Type of activities (high risk?)?
Understanding your camp is critical to making the best decision for healthcare staffing. No other person knows your camp or can answer these questions for you. Therefore, when others decide their need, they have often used historical experiences to drive some of those decisions.
Keep investigating. Let us know how we can assist.
Tracey Gaslin