Which of the following patient care units would require the largest number of nurses if the scale used to measure acuity ranged from 1-5, with the highest acuity being 5?
a. A unit with10 patients, all ranked acuity level 5
b. A unit with 15 patients, 5 with acuity level 4 and 10 with acuity level 2
c. A unit with 20 patients , 2 ranked acuity level 5, 2 ranked acuity level 3, and 17 rankedacuity level 1-2
d. A unit with 25 patients, all ranked as acuity level 1-2
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The unit with 10 patients, all ranked acuity level 5 would require the most nurses. Because acuity level
5 patients would require a 1:1 or 1:2 nurse-to-patient ratio, this unit would need from 5 to 10 nurses.
An example of this type of unit might be one of the Intensive Care Units.
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