Nurse Staffing Data

Upstate Medical University

07A - ORTHOPEDICS

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	16.5	19.2	19.6	19.1	18.6
	LPN	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.1
	HCT	2.3	2.9	2.7	2.2	4.4
Percent of Staff	RN	86%	87%	88%	90%	77%
	LPN	1%	0%	0%	0%	5%
	HCT	12%	13%	12%	10%	18%
Average Number of Patients per Day		21	23	24	24	21
Nursing Hours per Patient Day		7.18	7.56	7.54	7.19	8.20
RN Hours per Patient Day		6.21	6.57	6.62	6.45	6.31
Nurse : Patient Ratio		3.9	3.7	3.6	3.7	3.8

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