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Nurse Staffing Data

Upstate Medical University

ED - EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT CC
Campus: CC

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_3Q2023_4Q2024_1Q2024_2 Total
Number of StaffRN24.226.226.327.115.2
LPN2.41.81.81.42.1
HCT1.21.82.32.23.0
Percent of StaffRN87%88%87%88%75%
LPN9%6%6%5%10%
HCT4%6%7%7%14%
Average Number of Patients per Day 109102102104 78
Nursing Hours per Patient Day 2.042.332.382.36 2.86
RN Hours per Patient Day 1.782.052.062.08 2.15
Nurse : Patient Ratio 13.511.711.611.5 11.1

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