Should nurse to patient ratios be increased?
In 2019, NSW Labor party Michael Daley proposed a tax on luxury cars worth more than $100,000 and yachts worth more than $200,000 to raise $240 million. The additional tax review would be used to increase funding for nurse staffing. The proposal would insure one nurse for every three patients in major emergency departments, one midwife for every three mothers in postnatal wards and one nurse to each patient in adult and pediatric resuscitation beds.
@9C99BM710mos10MO
@93JNG3T2yrs2Y
@8YLV9KWOne Nation2yrs2Y
Yes but only for Australians
Yes, as nurses are in shorter supply now than in previous years
@9C5SYWC10mos10MO
@9BR5SWC11mos11MO
Yes, fund Nursing and Midwifery degrees more so that there are more professionals available
@962KL2Y12mos12MO
Yes, but gradually, over time
@98YKDCP1yr1Y
Yes but only use Australians
@98SVJLH1yr1Y
only austrailian workers
@97X92L61yr1Y
Yes because the acuity of patients is increasing with our ageing population.
No idea what this means.
Yes, so nurses don’t work overtime more often.
Yes, so long as it can be met by staffing shortages
@93R3M8Y2yrs2Y
The optimal ratio is known but the quality of the staff is the issue
@938SGMZ2yrs2Y
Yes but for Australians only
@934QDXS2yrs2Y
yes if they give jobs to Austraians
@934GY582yrs2Y
Doctors and nurses should not work more then 10 hour shift
@9324Y8Y2yrs2Y
Same should include nursing homes nurse resident ratio x1 nurse to 4 persons
@92Z9R5Q2yrs2Y
Yes, but more nurses need to be employed our hospitals need more bed nurses and Dr, especially in rural areas
@92Z7DM62yrs2Y
Based off the skills of the combined average of the organisation is what the patient ratio should be.
@92SPQBZ2yrs2Y
This needs to be based on hours of care given, across the board ratios are not needed, however some areas require more nurses than others.
@92C9QP82yrs2Y
Aged care is in need of more support
@92JDBXG2yrs2Y
Yes, an increase of nurses.
@92GPRY8One Nation2yrs2Y
Yes but only with Australians
@92FD37J2yrs2Y
Yes, but this needs to be implemented across all hospital sites and wards, nursing wages are putrid, the whole system is broken
@92FDCFH2yrs2Y
Yes, and nurses should be better paid
@92FC8HB2yrs2Y
Yes, and funnel all funding previously cancelled/defunded (ie, used to instead subsidise fossil fuel industries) to this initiative.
@92CKJDM2yrs2Y
Yes to increase ratios funded by less bureaucratically in health
@8Z6QVGM2yrs2Y
There should be more nurses
@9285CZJ2yrs2Y
Yes, but on principle, not via any government action
Nurse:patient ratios should be DECREASED (lower patient numbers is better!) which is what I think the question was actually asking but used the incorrect terminology
@8YZHGJVLiberal Democrat2yrs2Y
Allow all healthcare establishments to decide for themselves
@9232PDJ2yrs2Y
This is not acheivable with the way hospitals are currently run, nurses are underpaid, overworked and stretched thin as is.
@8ZV8LVV2yrs2Y
Nurse to Patient Ratio should be no higher than 1:4 in the day and 1:7 in the night
@8ZSH8WQ2yrs2Y
The medical and nursing staff should elevate each patients need with a baseline requirement that nurses are caring for not more then 5patiebts at a time
Yes, but where will the nurses come from
Yes, but the model should be 1:3 on general wards too. The population is getting older, we are being given an environment on high falls risk demented patients, violent intellectually impaired patients awaiting NDIS funding and bariatric patients. All nurses are burned out.
More nurses are needed - see - 7 yr old girl died whilst waiting in ED to be treated ...at Perth Childrens Hosital
dependent on patient requirement, funding model etc. question too simplistic
@8X878BC2yrs2Y
Yes, and increase nurse salary.
@8X5NLLWOne Nation2yrs2Y
I would to know more. No opinion at this time.
@8WVVJ76Independent2yrs2Y
No, it should be at as many that are necessary.
@8VC6KG4Independent3yrs3Y
Yes, but wages should be below demand
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