Nurse Staffing Data

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	14.7	14.5	14.8	15.1	12.8
	LPN	1.3	1.0	1.0	0.8	1.1
	HCT	1.8	1.8	2.1	2.7	2.4
Percent of Staff	RN	82%	84%	83%	81%	79%
	LPN	7%	6%	5%	4%	7%
	HCT	10%	10%	12%	15%	14%
Average Number of Patients per Day		23	23	20	21	20
Nursing Hours per Patient Day		6.28	6.13	7.22	7.10	6.38
RN Hours per Patient Day		5.17	5.16	6.00	5.76	5.03
Nurse : Patient Ratio		4.6	4.7	4.0	4.2	4.8

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