Nurse Staffing Data

Upstate Medical University

08E - SURGICAL 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	17.6	20.3	22.5	21.9	20.6
	LPN	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	HCT	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.2	1.1
Percent of Staff	RN	98%	98%	100%	99%	95%
	LPN	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	HCT	2%	2%	0%	1%	5%
Average Number of Patients per Day		9	10	11	11	10
Nursing Hours per Patient Day		16.16	16.54	16.06	15.61	16.80
RN Hours per Patient Day		15.76	16.24	16.03	15.49	15.91
Nurse : Patient Ratio		1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5	1.5

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