Franciscan Children's - Unit 2

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Acute Care
Unit 2
Pediatrics - Rehabilitation
112 Hospital Licensed Beds
Date of Services Budgeted: FY 2020


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: 20.28

      Number of Staff
Direct Caregivers Scheduled Hours Shift Length Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun
  Day Shift
RN 7am-3pm 8.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00
Charge Nurse/Asst. Nurse Mgr. 7am-3pm 8.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00
Unlicensed Assistive Personnel 7am-3pm 8.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00
Respiratory Therapist 7am-3pm 8.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00
                   
 
  Evening Shift
RN 3pm-11pm 8.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00
Respiratory Therapist 3pm-11pm 8.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00
Unlicensed Assistive Personnel 3pm-11pm 8.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00
                   
 
  Night Shift
RN 11pm-7am 8.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00 6.00
Respiratory Therapist 11pm-7am 8.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 2.00 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
                   

    Plan / Budgeted Direct WHPPD
(Worked Hours Per Patient Day)
11.83

Additional Care Team Members
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Skills Shift Coverage
  Day Evening Night
Unit Nurse Management X    
Staff Educator X    
Clinical Nurse Specialist      
Unit Clerical Support X    
1:1 Patient Observer      
Admissions Nurse      
Patient Transport Team      
IV Therapy Team / Line Access      
Monitor Technician      
Rapid Response Team X    
Respiratory Therapy Support      
Nutritionist X    
Rehab Activities (OT, PT, Speech) X    
Clinical Pharmacist      
Licensed Social Services / Case Management X    
Spiritual Services X    
Hospitalist / NP / PA      
Intensivist / Neonatologist      
Nursing Student      
Recreation / Milieu Therapist      
Intern / Resident      
Other      
The list of caregivers in these boxes were provided to all hospitals.
Additional Unit Information:
Franciscan Children’s is a post-acute care facility. The care is provided to pediatric patients ranging in age from infants to adolescents (22 yrs.) encompassing a wide service area from within Massachusetts, other states and foreign countries. Our Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program is among the largest in the country, and offers comprehensive care for infants, children, and adolescents with chronic respiratory conditions. Children with developmental needs who require oxygen, tracheostomy, and ventilatory support along with their families receive care on these units. Units 2 and 3 also provide care to patients needing Medical Rehabilitation services. This program embraces the child as a whole, and addresses their full spectrum medical, therapeutic, social, and emotional needs. Our program promotes social development and emotional well-being by incorporating frequent opportunities for age-appropriate play and leisure activities throughout the child’s stay and rehabilitation process. Each patient is assigned a treatment team which is specific to meet that child and family’s individual needs. The team, with the family work together to coordinate an integrated program of medical and rehabilitative care, while providing ongoing parent and patient teaching. Helping a child to reach their maximum potential functionally and developmentally is our number one goal, whether that is a transition to home or a long term care facility. To ensure that the progress made during rehabilitation continues, the team coordinates community support services, including educational, medical, nursing, and therapeutic services.
 
 
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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