Table 1 Summary statistics for falls and hospital acquired pressure ulcers data at baseline
From: Nurse staffing and patient outcomes: a longitudinal study on trend and seasonality
Falls | Pressure Ulcers | |
|---|---|---|
Hospitala | N = 1622 | N = 1527 |
Teaching | 695 (42.9 %) | 677 (43.9 %) |
Magnet | 119 (7.34 %) | 132 (8.64 %) |
Beds ≥300 | 438 (26.9 %) | 431 (28.2 %) |
Unitb | N = 13,339 | N = 12,435 |
Critical Care | 2837 (21.3 %) | 2707 (21.8 %) |
Step-Down | 2021 (15.2 %) | 1893 (15.2 %) |
Medical | 2517 (18.9 %) | 2333 (18.8 %) |
Surgical | 1853 (13.9 %) | 1718 (13.8 %) |
Medical-Surgical | 3452 (25.9 %) | 3202 (25.8 %) |
Rehab | 659 (4.9 %) | 582 (4.7 %) |
RN HPPD | 7.6 (4.3) | 7.6 (4.3) |
Non RN HPPD | 2.7 (1.3) | 2.6 (1.3) |
Total HPPD | 10.3 (4.0) | 10.3 (4.0) |
RN skill-mix | 0.7 (0.2) | 0.8 (0.2) |
Total falls/1000 patient days | 3.3 (2.7) | NA |
Injurious falls/1000 patient days | 0.9 (1.1) | NA |
Hospital acquired pressure ulcer rate (%) | NA | 6.9 (10.2) |
hospital acquired pressure ulcer (Stage III or above) rate | NA | 1.2 (3.8) |
Groupb | N = 42 | N = 41 |
Size (number of units) | 182 (111, 1240) | 180 (101, 1222) |
Number of quarterly observations/group | 12 (4, 36) | 12 (4, 36) |