Nurse Staffing Data

Upstate Medical University

06H - MEDICAL ICU

Campus: UH

What this means:

Number of Nursing Staff - Number of RN's, LPN's and HCT providing direct nursing care.

Percent of Nursing Staff - Number of RN's, LPN's and HCT providing direct nursing care / Total number of RN's, LPN's and HCT's providing direct nursing care.

Nursing hours per patient day (NHPPD) - Number of hours of direct care a patient can expect to receive from an RN, LPN, HCT, in a 24-hour period.

RN Hours Per Patient Day (RNHPPD) - Number of hours of direct care a patient can expect to receive from and RN in a 24-hour period.

Nurse : Patient Ratio - Number of patients cared for by one nurse; calculated as 24 / RN Hours Per Patient Day.

Data for the period between Q2022_1 and Q2022_4

Indicator	Staff Type	Q2022_1	Q2022_2	Q2022_3	Q2022_4	Total
Number of Staff	RN	27.9	27.6	27.2	29.3	27.9
	LPN	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	HCT	0.2	0.2	0.1	0.2	1.3
Percent of Staff	RN	99%	99%	99%	99%	95%
	LPN	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	HCT	1%	1%	1%	1%	4%
Average Number of Patients per Day		13	13	13	15	14
Nursing Hours per Patient Day		17.32	16.84	16.32	15.78	17.19
RN Hours per Patient Day		17.18	16.74	16.24	15.68	16.40
Nurse : Patient Ratio		1.4	1.4	1.5	1.5	1.5

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