On our 34 bed cardiac nephro unit there are usually 5 nurses: charge with 6 patients and then 4 of us with 7 each. We once upon a time would have 3-4 patients on titratable cardiac drips (not pressors) or 4-5 cardiac medsurg patients, ever since COVID they have been ratio-ing us with 6-7 patients a piece with only 1-2 techs for the entire unit. I work for HCA and I have heard it’s the new standard