UMass Memorial Medical Center - NICU Memorial

737 Hospital Licensed Beds
Tertiary - Academic Medical Center
NICU Memorial
Neonate Level III / IV Critical Care
Date of Services Reported: FY 2006   Average Number of Patients Per Day: 33.9

      Number of Staff
Direct Caregivers Scheduled Hours Shift Length Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun
  Day Shift
RN 7am-3pm 8.0 18.0 18.0 18.0 18.0 18.0 18.0 18.0
LPN 7am-3pm 8.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
                   
 
  Evening Shift
RN 3pm-11pm 8.0 17.0 16.0 16.0 16.0 17.0 16.0 17.0
LPN 3pm-11pm 8.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0
                   
 
  Night Shift
RN 11pm-7am 8.0 16.0 16.0 17.0 17.0 16.0 16.0 17.0
LPN 11pm-7am 8.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0
                   

    Plan / Budgeted Direct WHPPD
(Worked Hours Per Patient Day)
15.14
    Actual Worked Hours Per Patient Day 14.05
    % Difference - 7.20
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Additional Care Team Members
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Skills Shift Coverage
  Day Evening Night
Unit Nurse Management x x x
Staff Educator      
Clinical Nurse Specialist x x x
Unit Clerical Support x x x
1:1 Patient Observer      
Admissions Nurse x x x
Patient Transport Team x x x
IV Therapy Team / Line Access x x x
Monitor Technician      
Rapid Response Team      
Respiratory Therapy Support x x x
Nutritionist x    
Rehab Activities (OT, PT, Speech) x    
Clinical Pharmacist x x x
Licensed Social Services / Case Management x x x
Spiritual Services x x x
Hospitalist / NP / PA x x x
Intensivist / Neonatologist x x x
Nursing Student x x  
Recreation / Milieu Therapist      
Intern / Resident x x x
The list of caregivers in these boxes were provided to all hospitals.
Individual hospitals added the types of caregivers shown in these boxes.
Additional Unit Information:
Starting and maintaining intravenous lines, performing EKGs and taking blood samples
Accompanying babies needing surgery / off-unit testing or
procedures
Transporting sick babies from referring community hospitals
Transporting stabilized babies back to referring community
hospitals
Primary post-operative recovery care
On-unit laser eye surgery
Technology: high frequency oscillatory ventilation,
surfactant replacement therapy and nitric oxide therapy
Nurses also attend all high risk deliveries and repeat
caesarean section deliveries
Centralized Pharmacy available
Clinical pharmacist available on unit days.
 

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