Hospital Nurse-to-Patient Ratio Check (CA Title 22, NY ICU)
Checks a hospital unit against California's or New York's nurse-to-patient ratio and counts any shortfall.
Open the tool → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- State
- California
- Unit
- Emergency department
- Patients
- 12
- Licensed nurses on the unit
- 3
- Nurses not in the ratio
- 1
Result: California ED, 12 patients and 3 nurses including the triage RN: 1 short (the triage RN is not counted).
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- State
- Unit (California)
- Patients (or occupied operating rooms)
- Licensed nurses on the unit
- Nurses not in the ratio (triage, base radio, charge)
How this is calculated
Cal. Code Regs. tit. 22, section 70217(a) (nursing service staff; Register 2013, No. 11) and N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 10, section 405.22(5). Read the source ↗
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.