Hospitals that routinely staff with 1: 8 nurse-to-patient ratios experience five additional deaths per 1,000 patients than those staffing with 1: 4 ratios (2002). if the local hospital has decided to follow the 1: 4 nurse-to-patient ratio, how many patients can they treat if they have 120 nurses?

 480 patient.

Step-by-step explanation:

Since, the local hospital has decided to follow the 1:4 nurse-to-patient ratio, how many patients can they treat if they have 120 nurses.

Therefore, New ratio of the nurses and patients = 1 : 4

Let the number of nurses = x and number of patients = 4x

Where x is any number,

But, according to question number of nurses = 250

That is, x = 120

⇒ 4x = 4×120 = 480

Therefore, number of patients = 480

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