Nurse Staffing Data

Upstate Medical University

12F - PEDIATRIC 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 Q2023_3 and Q2024_2

Indicator	Staff Type	Q2023_3	Q2023_4	Q2024_1	Q2024_2	Total
Number of Staff	RN	22.4	25.3	27.6	25.3	18.8
	LPN	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
	HCT	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.6
Percent of Staff	RN	98%	98%	98%	98%	97%
	LPN	0%	0%	0%	0%	0%
	HCT	2%	2%	2%	2%	3%
Average Number of Patients per Day		8	11	12	10	9
Nursing Hours per Patient Day		23.21	18.18	18.76	19.95	17.76
RN Hours per Patient Day		22.80	17.86	18.46	19.63	17.16
Nurse : Patient Ratio		1.1	1.3	1.3	1.2	1.4

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