
- BGG rank
- BGG #175
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Pandemic
- 2–4 players
- 45 min
- Complexity 2.4/5
- 2008

Rules assistance for Healthy Heart Hospital: Nurses Expansion
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Healthy Heart Hospital: Nurses Expansion is an expansion for Healthy Heart Hospital released in 2020 for 1–5 players, 60–90 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Scott Nelson and its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Push Your Luck, and Variable Set-up.
Despite a tumultuous administrative history, the famed community medical center, Healthy Heart Hospital, has received a large endowment providing new doctors, nurses and rooms to manage the ever growing needs. Can you put these new resources and employees to good use as you seek to keep up with the ever-growing demand from your patients or will you be crushed by more management problems? The fate of the hospital is in your hands. 5 new Administrators 2 new Doctors 5 Nurses 5 rooms Updated/2nd edition Emergency Room
Healthy Heart Hospital: Nurses Expansion supports 1–5 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Healthy Heart Hospital: Nurses Expansion is 60–90 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Healthy Heart Hospital: Nurses Expansion for ages 10 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Healthy Heart Hospital: Nurses Expansion has a complexity rating of 3.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-weight game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Healthy Heart Hospital: Nurses Expansion belongs to these categories: Print & Play, Medical, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Push Your Luck, and Variable Set-up. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Healthy Heart Hospital: Nurses Expansion are: Scott Nelson. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Healthy Heart Hospital: Nurses Expansion as an expansion for Healthy Heart Hospital. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Healthy Heart Hospital to use it. Check that your edition of Healthy Heart Hospital is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.