Table 2.
Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Infant Characteristics
| Survey |
Census |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristic | Subcategory | N | n | % | Mean | SD | N | n | % | Mean | SD | |
| Hospitals | Total Number | 104 | 70 | |||||||||
| Hospital Ownership | Non-Profit | 81 | 86 | |||||||||
| For Profit | 6 | 4 | ||||||||||
| Public | 13 | 10 | ||||||||||
| Member, Council of Teaching Hospitalsa | 48 | 51 | ||||||||||
| Geographic Region | Northeast | 21 | 26 | |||||||||
| Midwest | 28 | 24 | ||||||||||
| South | 31 | 30 | ||||||||||
| West | 19 | 19 | ||||||||||
| Magnet® Accreditation | 35 | 43 | ||||||||||
| NICUs | NICU Level | A | 13 | 10 | ||||||||
| B | 60 | 59 | ||||||||||
| C | 27 | 31 | ||||||||||
| Number of Beds | 32 | 20 | 32 | 19 | ||||||||
| Nurses | Total Number | 6,038 | 3,871 | |||||||||
| 5 or More Years of Experience | 74 | 44 | ||||||||||
| BSN | 58 | 49 | ||||||||||
| Neonatal Specialty Certification | 26 | 44 | ||||||||||
| Non-Nurse Providers | FTE Physicians | Neonatologists | 1.5 | 1.40 | ||||||||
| Residents and Fellows | 1.7 | 2.00 | ||||||||||
| FTE Other Professional Staff | 6.4 | 4.60 | ||||||||||
| Infants | Number of Infants | 15,191 | 9,276 | |||||||||
| Nurse-to-Infant Ratio | 0.46 | 0.08 | 0.47 | 0.07 | ||||||||
| Acuity Level Distribution | Level 1 | 33 | 32 | |||||||||
| Level 2 | 29 | 33 | ||||||||||
| Level 3 | 26 | 26 | ||||||||||
| Level 4 | 8 | 7 | ||||||||||
| Level 5 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
Note. Survey=nurse survey (2008); Census= all nurse assignments on shift, collected in 4 rounds (2009-2010). SD, standard deviation; BSN, bachelor of science degree in nursing; FTE, full-time equivalent.
a
Hospital characteristics were not available for 3 hospitals.