More Patients, Higher Risk: What Nurses See Every Day #Nursing #PatientCare #HealthcareInnovation

Añadido: 2026-05-05

[00:00:00]For every patient more than that that a nurse sees, every single one of those patients has a 7% increase of dying in the next 30 days. So, what that means is in hospitals where one nurse on a med surge floor is taking care of eight patients, that's that's eight people. So, 7, 14, 21, 28%.

[00:00:19]All eight people have a 28% chance of dying in the next 30 days. Wow. And that's just >> Seriously. 100%. This has been researched replicated around the country and people don't understand. So, the presence of nurses in the hospital, their ability to be present with you, track what's happening with your vitals, watch for any changes, it makes a difference significantly for whether you live or die in the next 30 days.