Nurse (and respiratory care, and physical/occupational therapy, and everyone else):patient ratios. 1:4 is usual; 1:6 is rough, 1:8 is almost undoable. Low-compl

Nurse (and respiratory care, and physical/occupational therapy, and everyone else):patient ratios. 1:4 is usual; 1:6 is rough, 1:8 is almost undoable. Low-complexity patients ease the per-patient workload, allowing the same number of nurses to cover more patients. In ICU/ITU, typical nursing ratio is 1:2, but some flexed to 1:3 and even 1:4, which is getting into danger territory. Many hospitals in the US closed wards during COVID because they didn't have the staff, not because they physically lacked space.