Nurse Staffing Data

Upstate Medical University

10G - MEDICINE

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	1.1	5.0	3.2	3.3	9.6
	LPN	0.0	0.2	0.1	0.1	0.1
	HCT	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.2	2.2
Percent of Staff	RN	97%	95%	88%	91%	81%
	LPN	1%	3%	2%	3%	1%
	HCT	2%	2%	11%	5%	18%
Average Number of Patients per Day		4	6	4	3	11
Nursing Hours per Patient Day		2.25	6.80	8.27	8.82	8.86
RN Hours per Patient Day		2.18	6.46	7.24	8.05	7.17
Nurse : Patient Ratio		11.0	3.7	3.3	3.0	3.3

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