Staff Nurse Patient Assignment in Intensive Care Units

(1) In all ICUs, the Patient Assignment for each Staff Nurse shall be one or two ICU Patients depending on the stability of the ICU Patient as assessed pursuant to 958 CMR 8.05. (2) The maximum Patient Assignment for each Staff Nurse may not exceed two ICU Patients. (3) Nothing in 958 CMR 8.00 prohibits the assignment of more than one Staff Nurse to an ICU Patient.