Table 3

Cumulative exposure to shifts with staffing 75% or more below median and days with high turnover

Low RN staffing count					Low NS staffing count
No. of shifts	Cumulative during first 30 days of admission		Exposure during 2nd–5th days of admission		No. of shifts	Cumulative during first 30 days of admission		Exposure during 2nd–5th days of admission
No. of shifts	Frequency	Per cent	Frequency	Per cent	No. of shifts	Frequency	Per cent	Frequency	Per cent
0	55 052	70.3	59 590	76.1	0	28 005	35.8	33 575	42.9
1	11 433	14.6	10 583	13.5	1	15 165	19.4	17 446	22.3
2	5058	6.5	4242	5.4	2	10 870	13.9	11 787	15.1
3	2554	3.3	1959	2.5	3	7404	9.5	7228	9.2
4	1471	1.9	971	1.2	4	5201	6.6	4429	5.7
5	872	1.1	437	0.6	5	3343	4.3	2093	2.7
6	542	0.7	254	0.3	6	2241	2.9	1059	1.4
7	371	0.4	98	0.1	7	1442	1.8	408	0.5
8	241	0.3	169	0.2	8	1091	1.4	278	0.4
9	156	0.2			9	728	0.9
10	131	0.2			10	640	0.8
11–20	328	0.4			11–20	1872	2.4
21–30	51	0.1			21–30	250	0.3
30+	43	0.1			30+	51	0.1
Low RN and NS staffing count					High patient turnover
0	69 457	88.7	71 863	91.8	0	34 873	44.5	43 601	55.7
1	5859	7.5	4636	5.9	1	25 049	32.0	25 267	32.3
2	1631	2.1	1127	1.4	2	11 208	14.3	7987	10.2
3	539	0.7	306	0.4	3	4024	5.1	1307	1.7
4	298	0.4	169	0.2	4	1630	2.1	141	0.2
5	137	0.2	49	0.1	5	767	1.0
6	87	0.1	47	0.1	6	389	0.5
7	51	0.1	10	<0.1	7	183	0.2
8	49	0.1	96	0.1	8	82	0.1
9	31	<0.1			9	40	0.1
10	38	0.1			10–14	0	0.00
11–20	80	0.1			15+	0	0.00
21–30	28	<0.1
30+	18	<0.1