Lowell General Hospital - Transitional Care Unit

186 Hospital Licensed Beds
Acute Community - Non-Teaching
Transitional Care Unit
Adult Rehabilitation
Date of Services Reported: FY 2006   Average Number of Patients Per Day: 15.7

      Number of Staff
Direct Caregivers Scheduled Hours Shift Length Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun
  Day Shift
RN / LPN 7am-3pm 8.0 4.0 4.5 4.5 4.5 4.0 3.0 3.0
Unlicensed Assistive Personnel 7am-3pm 8.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
                   
 
  Evening Shift
RN / LPN 3pm-11pm 8.0 2.0 2.5 2.5 2.5 2.0 2.0 2.0
Unlicensed Assistive Personnel 3pm-11pm 8.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
                   
 
  Night Shift
RN / LPN 11pm-7am 8.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
Unlicensed Assistive Personnel 11pm-7am 8.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
                   

    Plan / Budgeted Direct WHPPD
(Worked Hours Per Patient Day)
6.68
    Actual Worked Hours Per Patient Day 7.12
    % Difference 6.59
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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 x x  
Clinical Nurse Specialist      
Unit Clerical Support x x  
1:1 Patient Observer x x x
Admissions Nurse      
Patient Transport Team x x  
IV Therapy Team / Line Access      
Monitor Technician      
Rapid Response Team x x x
Respiratory Therapy Support x x x
Nutritionist x    
Rehab Activities (OT, PT, Speech) x    
Clinical Pharmacist x x  
Licensed Social Services / Case Management x x  
Spiritual Services x    
Hospitalist / NP / PA      
Intensivist / Neonatologist      
Nursing Student x x  
Recreation / Milieu Therapist x    
Intern / Resident      
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:
Administration of blood and blood products
Provide end of life care as needed
40% surgical patients 60% medical patients
Clinical Manager provides 50% or more of their time in
direct care and is included as direct caregiver.
LPN coverage - Evenings and Nights-three shifts per week.
All LPN shifts are eight hours.
 

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