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Originally Posted by Russ_Boston
I think we have a total of 24 ER rooms at this point. I know the other day each nurse had 4-5 rooms assigned. It's mostly a snowbird problem the way I see it. The population swells during the winter months and the physical plant (while due for expansion over the next two years) can not (and maybe should not?) be made with the highest number in mind. There were many times last summer when we called off nurses and other staff due to lack of patients! We are increasing the number of beds by almost 1/3 in the next two years and perhaps that will free up ER holds (holds = ER beds awaiting an admit room in another unit such as cardio, medical, surgery etc.)
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So what you are saying is that you need 15-20 ED beds from May-November and a minimum of 45 beds from December-April.