Wards: how many beds/nurses do you need?

[Mr. Noodle]

It seems like having too many beds overworks your nurse. How many beds can a nurse handle?

[ThePeeje]

Don't know the exact answer. But something i just discovered is that having more than one changing room increases efficiency a lot. Not sure if more nurse' stations helps. but you can certainly have more beds than you need and be very inefficient about it.

[Inny【🐭】Nazrin]

2 Nurses can comfortably handle a ward of 6 beds. The trick is to not put too many distractions in the ward. Lockers, Hand Sanitisers, etc. They get animation locked fiddling with these and it slows down your turnover.

Edit: You only need to put 1 nurse station down, don't put more or they'll keep moving between them while ignoring patients.

[Mr. Noodle]

Originally posted by Inny【🐭】Nazrin:

2 Nurses can comfortably handle a ward of 6 beds. The trick is to not put too many distractions in the ward. Lockers, Hand Sanitisers, etc. They get animation locked fiddling with these and it slows down your turnover.

Edit: You only need to put 1 nurse station down, don't put more or they'll keep moving between them while ignoring patients.

How do you asign more than one nurse to a ward then?

[Inny【🐭】Nazrin]

Originally posted by zerg_x:

How do you asign more than one nurse to a ward then?

Click the ward once it's built, you can +/- staff. Works for research lab and fracture clinic too.

[Janus Vesta]

Originally posted by Inny【🐭】Nazrin:

You only need to put 1 nurse station down, don't put more or they'll keep moving between them while ignoring patients.

Thank you. I never paid much mind to my wards and was wondering why they were always full. That explains why the ward in my barebones training hospital is doing so well.

[Joe Coffee]

Originally posted by zerg_x:

It seems like having too many beds overworks your nurse. How many beds can a nurse handle?

I don't see why you need more than just one. If you want a decent turnaround in the Ward, opt for two screens so that patients don't have to wait long to get undressed, and place at least 3 beds, maybe 4, 5 tops.

[Cheesehead]

Make sure you reach prestige 5, which is most important. I prefer 1 nurse for every 3 beds, with 3 nurses in the ward. I round this up to 10 beds and have two changing screens. Train your 3 nurses specifically for ward, and make sure they are assigned to work there.

[Stalinizator]

Originally posted by Inny【🐭】Nazrin:

Originally posted by zerg_x:

How do you asign more than one nurse to a ward then?

Click the ward once it's built, you can +/- staff. Works for research lab and fracture clinic too.

Thanks, was not that obvious.

[Jonathan J. O'Neill]

Originally posted by Stalinizator:

Originally posted by Inny【🐭】Nazrin:

Click the ward once it's built, you can +/- staff. Works for research lab and fracture clinic too.

Thanks, was not that obvious.

Heads up that the same is done for Fracture Wards, Research Rooms and Marketing Rooms as wells.

[Liwet]

Ratio is 1 nurse to 1 screen to 3 beds. If you want a ward with 6 beds, then you'll want 2 screens and 2 nurses. You can only have 5 nurses max so don't bother trying to build wards with more than 15 beds (and 5 screens). No matter how large or small your ward is, you only need 1 Nurse's Station max.

If you've come up with a design that's starting to get overwhelmed and you want to combine two of them into one single mega-ward, you can take the 2nd Nurse's Station and replace it with a coffee maker, a chair, and a Sweets Dispenser.

[Friends with Benedicts]

WAIT, YOU DONT NEED TWO NURSE STATIONS FOR 2 NURSES?

[Mr. Noodle]

Originally posted by Friends with Benedicts:

WAIT, YOU DONT NEED TWO NURSE STATIONS FOR 2 NURSES?

lol no. Just one. As said before, a nurse can handle about 6 beds, so a full team can handle about 30 beds. The things you need multiple of are changing screens as that helps a lot with traffic. As for other items don't put down any decor people can interact with except for food/drink.

[Friends with Benedicts]

Originally posted by Mr. Noodle:

Originally posted by Friends with Benedicts:

WAIT, YOU DONT NEED TWO NURSE STATIONS FOR 2 NURSES?

lol no. Just one. As said before, a nurse can handle about 6 beds, so a full team can handle about 30 beds. The things you need multiple of are changing screens as that helps a lot with traffic. As for other items don't put down any decor people can interact with except for food/drink.

Ive been doing it all wrong then... Ive been making wards with around 5~7 beds, 1 screen and 2 nurse stations.

I thought you'd need a station for each extra worker there... Good to know this.