In compliance with the Safe Patient Care (Nurse to Patient and Midwife to Patient Ratios) Amendment Act 2019, we roster nurses according to the below table:
| Cohuna District Hospital | |
| Name of the mixed ward: | Acute/Post Natal Ward |
| The total number of occupied beds: | 12 |
| The different ratios that apply in | |
| Acute Ward | Post Natal Ward plus one (1) birth suite |
| Morning Shift: 1.66 Nurse to 6.0 patients, 1 nurse in charge (where relevant) | Morning Shift: 0.5 Nurse to 4 patients, 1 nurse in charge (where relevant) |
| Afternoon Shift: 1.43 Nurse to7 patients, 1 nurse in charge (where relevant) | Afternoon Shift: 0.5 Nurse to 4 patients, 1 nurse in charge (where relevant) |
| Night Shift: 1 Nurse to 10 patients, 1 nurse in charge (where relevant) | Night Shift: 0.5 Nurse to 4 patients, 1 nurse in charge (where relevant) |
| The expected number of occupied beds in Acute Ward | 10 |
| The expected number of occupied beds in Post Natal Ward | |