Merrimack Valley Hospital - 4 West

120 Hospital Licensed Beds
Acute Community - Non-Teaching
4 West
Adult Med / Surg Combined
Date of Services Reported: FY 2006   Average Number of Patients Per Day: 19.0

      Number of Staff
Direct Caregivers Scheduled Hours Shift Length Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun
  Day Shift
RN 7am-3:30pm 8.0 5.0 4.0 4.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 4.0
RN/LPN 7am-3:30pm 8.0   1.0 1.0     1.0 1.0
Unlicensed Assistive Personnel 7am-3:30pm 8.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
                   
 
  Evening Shift
RN 3pm-11:30pm 8.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 5.0
Unlicensed Assistive Personnel 3pm-11:30pm 8.0 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5
                   
 
  Night Shift
RN 11pm-7:30am 8.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0
Unlicensed Assistive Personnel 11pm-7:30am 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)
7.77
    Actual Worked Hours Per Patient Day 8.16
    % Difference 5.02
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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 x  
1:1 Patient Observer x x x
Admissions Nurse      
Patient Transport Team 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    
Spiritual Services x x x
Hospitalist / NP / PA x x x
Intensivist / Neonatologist      
Nursing Student x x  
Recreation / Milieu Therapist      
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:
Telemetry unit, Staff required to accompany patient to off
unit testing.
Admission, Discharge and Transfer nurse not available
consistantly, this impacts workload and flow.
Hospitalist are in house 12 hours a day and on call for 12.
Students are available as per their clinical rotations.
1:1 Patient Obervers are on an as needed basis.
Students are available as per their clinical rotations.
Spiritual services available on call.
Staffing is always adjusted to acuity as well as census.
LPN coverage - Days-four shifts per week
 

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