Date of Services Budgeted: FY 2016
A well-staffed unit is not only defined by the number of caregivers included in the team, but by the carefully chosen members of each team depending upon the needs of each patient and the unit overall. |
Average Number of Patients Per Day: |
7.83
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Number of
Staff |
| Direct Caregivers |
Scheduled Hours |
Shift Length |
Mon |
Tues |
Wed |
Thurs |
Fri |
Sat |
Sun |
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Day Shift |
| RN |
7am-3pm |
8.00 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
| Unlicensed Assistive Personnel |
7am-3pm |
8.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| LPN |
7am-3pm |
8.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| Other |
7am-3pm |
5.50 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| Other |
7am-3pm |
8.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Evening Shift |
| RN |
3pm-11pm |
8.00 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
| Other |
3pm-11pm |
8.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
| Unlicensed Assistive Personnel |
3pm-11pm |
3.50 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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Night Shift |
| RN |
11pm-7am |
8.00 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
3.00 |
2.00 |
2.00 |
| Unlicensed Assistive Personnel |
11pm-7am |
8.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
1.00 |
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| Additional Care Team Members |
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| Skills |
Shift Coverage |
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Day |
Evening |
Night |
| Unit Nurse Management |
X
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| Staff Educator |
X
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X
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X
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| Clinical Nurse Specialist |
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| Unit Clerical Support |
X
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X
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| 1:1 Patient Observer |
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| Admissions Nurse |
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| Patient Transport Team |
X
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X
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| IV Therapy Team / Line Access |
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| Monitor Technician |
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| Rapid Response Team |
X
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X
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X
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| Respiratory Therapy Support |
X
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X
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| Nutritionist |
X
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| Rehab Activities (OT, PT, Speech) |
X
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| Clinical Pharmacist |
X
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X
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X
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| Licensed Social Services / Case Management |
X
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| Spiritual Services |
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| Hospitalist / NP / PA |
X
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X
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X
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| Intensivist / Neonatologist |
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| Nursing Student |
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| Recreation / Milieu Therapist |
X
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X
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| Intern / Resident |
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| Other |
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 The list of caregivers in these boxes were provided to all hospitals. |
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| Additional Unit Information: |
| The medical/surgical unit is the only med/surg unit in our hospital and the nurses serve several multipurpose roles. Special populations that they are responsible for include Swing-bed patients, pediatrics, telemetry, and occasional step-downs. They also supplement our ambulatory surgery unit providing this service on weekends, off shifts, and at times when the patients overflow from ambulatory surgery. Finally they may often float to any of our other units. As we do not have a float pool or dedicated group always available for support, each nurse is often called upon to wear several hats. |
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There are many variables to consider in establishing safe, efficiently staffed hospital units. Patient care units differ based upon the types
of patients cared for on a given unit, and the way in which care is organized and delivered there. Education and experience levels of unit
staff, support from nurse educators and nurse managers also factor into unit staffing decisions, as does the unique characteristics and mission of each
hospital. It is also important to look at patient outcomes (including fall rates, pressure ulcer rates, and Hospital Compare measures related
to heart attack care, heart failure care, pneumonia care and surgical care) in the Performance Measures section of PatientCareLink.
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