Baystate Medical Center - Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

636 Hospital Licensed Beds
Tertiary - Academic Medical Center
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit
Pediatric Critical Care - Med / Surg
Date of Services Reported: FY 2006   Average Number of Patients Per Day: 5.5

      Number of Staff
Direct Caregivers Scheduled Hours Shift Length Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun
  Day Shift
RN 7am-3pm 8.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
                   
 
  Evening Shift
RN 3pm-7pm 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
RN 7pm-11pm 4.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
                   
 
  Night Shift
RN 11pm-7am 8.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0 3.0
                   

 
    Plan / Budgeted Direct WHPPD
(Worked Hours Per Patient Day)
13.05
    Actual Worked Hours Per Patient Day 13.66
    % Difference 4.67

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  
Unit Clerical Support x x x
1:1 Patient Observer      
Admissions Nurse      
Patient Transport Team      
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  
Spiritual Services x x x
Hospitalist / NP / PA      
Intensivist / Neonatologist x x x
Nursing Student      
Recreation / Milieu Therapist x    
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:
Heavy activity related to patient admissions and discharges
Patient acuity levels are high requiring increased resources,
diagnostic tests, etc
Direct patient observation for behavioral issues
Deployed tasks: EKGs, phlebotomy, point of care testing
Transport for diagnostic testing
Prep for diagnostic testing
Technology; Computerized Physician Order Entry, electronic
documentation, barcoding and monitoring
Ventilators
The above listed WHPPD reflect a unit comprised of six PICU
beds with a nurse-patient ratio of 2:1 and four intermediate
care beds with a nurse-patient ratio of 3:1. Staffing is
increased depending on the acuity of the patients.
 

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