In 2015, Victoria became the first state in Australia to set minimum nurse to patient ratios in public hospitals via the Safe Patient Care Act (2015) which ensures that patients are provided the best nursing care possible.
The table below shows the number of nurses that are in a mixed ward. A mixed ward has two different nurse to patient ratios. This information will inform our patients how many nurses they can expect to be a in mixed ward.
At The Royal Melbourne Hospital, the only ward that is a mixed ward is ward 2B / CCU, which cares for general medicine and cardiology patients.
Ward details
| Ward name | 2B / Coronary Care Unit (CCU) |
| Total maximum number of occupied beds | 34 |
General medicine patients in the ward
| Maximum expected number of occupied beds | 28 |
| Morning shift | 1 nurse to 4 patients 1 nurse in charge |
| Afternoon shift | 1 nurse to 4 patients 1 nurse in charge |
| Night shift | 1 nurse to 8 patients |
Coronary Care Unit patients in the ward
| Maximum expected number of occupied beds | 6 |
| Morning shift | 1 nurse to 2 patients 1 nurse in charge |
| Afternoon shift | 1 nurse to 2 patients 1 nurse in charge |
| Night shift | 1 nurse to 3 patients |
Royal Park campus
| Maximum occupied beds within Rehabilitation ward | 40 |
| Current maximum occupied beds allocated to Rehabilitation ward | 25 |
| Current maximum occupied beds allocated to Geriatric Evaluation Management (GEM) | 15 |
| RMH is aiming to transition to 20 / 20 bed split, however no timeframe has been confirmed for this transition | |