Nursing care

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Nursing care is at the core of a hospital's patient care. Some of the indicators in this section summarize how Norton Healthcare staffs its hospitals. Other indicators assess the working environment provided for nurses. Recognizing that nurses contribute to improved patient safety and healthcare outcomes, Norton Healthcare now participates in the American Nursing Association's National Database of Nursing Quality Indicators (NDNQI ®). Our primary goal in becoming participants was to obtain comparative information for use in quality improvement activities. Other sections of this report have nursing sensitive indicators.

Click on the indicator description or on the results to obtain the full report.

Key

higher than U.S. average near U.S. average lower than U.S. average # = too few eligible cases to calculate a reliable statistic
blank = does not apply
italic number = no comparative data
  Desired Performance Norton Audubon Norton Hospital Norton Suburban Kosair Children's Kentucky U.S.
Total direct patient care hours per patient day, by unit
ICU ? 15.35 15.47 14.71 16.76    
StepDown ? 8.65 9.80 10.07      
Med-Surg ? 7.27 6.83 7.58      
Medical ?   7.07 7.76 9.34    
Surgical ? 7.00 7.36 7.42 9.09    
Neonatal ICU ?     8.89 10.32    
  Desired Performance Norton Audubon Norton Hospital Norton Suburban Kosair Children's Kentucky U.S.
RN direct patient care hours per patient day, by unit
ICU ? 13.23 12.97 12.74 16.76    
StepDown ? 6.08 7.08 6.15      
Med-Surg ? 3.85 4.96 4.05      
Medical ?   4.51 4.90 8.06    
Surgical ? 3.60 3.60 4.00 7.71    
Neonatal ICU ?     8.20 9.90    
  Desired Performance Norton Audubon Norton Hospital Norton Suburban Kosair Children's Kentucky U.S.
Percent of total direct patient care hours supplied by RNs, by unit
ICU ? 86.19 83.84 86.62 99.97    
StepDown ? 70.27 72.24 61.04      
Med-Surg ? 52.98 72.58 53.35      
Medical ?   63.87 63.06 86.24    
Surgical ? 51.37 48.89 53.89 84.85    
Neonatal ICU ?     92.20 95.89    
  Desired Performance Norton Audubon Norton Hospital Norton Suburban Kosair Children's Kentucky U.S.
Percent of total direct patient care hours supplied by LPNs, by unit
ICU ? 0.63 0.02 0 0    
StepDown ? 5.32 1.31 6.43      
Med-Surg ? 13.46 8.01 10.48      
Medical ?   12.45 0.65 0.56    
Surgical ? 15.08 19.27 10.59 1.63    
Neonatal ICU ?     6.62 1.35    
  Desired Performance Norton Audubon Norton Hospital Norton Suburban Kosair Children's Kentucky U.S.
Percent total direct pat. care hrs supplied by UAPs (unlicensed asst. personnel), by unit
ICU ? 13.18 16.14 13.38 0.03    
StepDown ? 24.41 26.45 32.52      
Med-Surg ? 33.57 19.41 36.17      
Medical ?   23.68 36.29 13.20    
Surgical ? 33.55 31.85 35.52 13.52    
Neonatal ICU ?     1.18 2.75    
  Desired Performance Norton Audubon Norton Hospital Norton Suburban Kosair Children's Kentucky U.S.
Percent of direct patient care hours supplied by contract staff, by unit
ICU ? 5.91 6.91 19.39 0    
StepDown ? 5.55 8.72 6.61      
Med-Surg ? 8.68 6.26 11.74      
Medical ?   5.14 7.18 3.07    
Surgical ? 4.89 4.66 25.33 0.27    
Neonatal ICU ?     0.07 0    
  Desired Performance Norton Audubon Norton Hospital Norton Suburban Kosair Children's Kentucky U.S.
Nursing staff turnover - percent of nursing staff who choose to leave each year
RN low 7.97 9.63 9.58 6.06    
LPN low 14.52 5.26 9.85 #    
UAP low 14.55 16.64 33.02 6.85    
  Desired Performance Norton Audubon Norton Hospital Norton Suburban Kosair Children's Kentucky U.S.
RN survey - practice environment scale
avg. nurse answer 1-4 survey, all questions high 2.74 2.74 2.67 2.74    
avg. nurse answer 1-4 survey, participation subscale high 2.72 2.66 2.62 2.74    
avg. nurse answer 1-4 survey, foundations subscale high 2.96 2.89 2.98 3.01    
avg. nurse answer 1-4 survey, leadership subscale high 2.89 2.74 2.64 2.71    
avg. nurse answer 1-4 survey, staffing subscale high 2.32 2.58 2.29 2.41    
avg. nurse answer 1-4 survey, MD collaboration subscale high 2.77 2.83 2.80 2.85    

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