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	1.4	1.4	1.4	1.3	1.2
	LPN	0.4	0.4	0.6	0.3	0.3
	HCT	0.3	0.1	0.3	0.1	0.1
Percent of Staff	RN	65%	72%	61%	77%	76%
	LPN	20%	23%	26%	19%	17%
	HCT	15%	6%	13%	4%	7%
Average Number of Patients per Day		2	3	4	3	1
Nursing Hours per Patient Day		8.17	5.82	4.68	4.82	10.73
RN Hours per Patient Day		5.31	4.16	2.87	3.70	8.26
Nurse : Patient Ratio		4.5	5.8	8.4	6.5	2.9

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