Table 1.

Nurse‐Related CNLP, RN, and LPN Hours and Hours per Patient Day in U.S. Hospitals, 2010–2014

Occupations	Average Work Hours, 2014	Average Percent of Work Hours in Total Nurse‐Related CNLP Hours, 2014	Average Work Hours per Patient Day, 2014	% Change in Work Hours per Patient Day, 2010–14	p‐Value
All nurse‐related CNLP	173,337	100%	1.483	−2.6%	.591
UAP	135,763	78.3%	1.106	−7.7%	.119
Nursing assistant	79,423	45.8%	0.607	−14.2%	.040
Transporter	19,688	11.4%	0.118	−12.1%	.165
Graduate nurse	7,903	4.6%	0.084	75.4%	.133
Patient care technician	67,913	39.2%	0.424	−9.2%	.409
Surgical aide	15,156	8.7%	0.100	−23.0%	.194
Other nurse‐related CNLP	43,885	25.3%	0.395	14.6%	.064
Surgery technician	26,098	15.1%	0.234	−2.6%	.723
Medical assistant	18,864	10.9%	0.198	34.0%	.151
Monitor technician	14,724	8.5%	0.126	−10.9%	.382
RN	523,610	–	4.405	0.4%	.906
LPN	30,054	–	0.248	−35.2%	<.01

Note: Average percent of job hours was obtained by calculating the percent of each job's hours in total nurse‐related CNLP hours at the hospital level and averaging across hospitals. Average work hours per patient day were obtained by calculating each job's work hours per patient day at the hospital level and averaging across hospitals. p‐value denotes the statistical significance of the t‐test with the null hypothesis that the hospital average work hours per patient day for a given job did not change between 2010 and 2014.

CNLP, clinical nonlicensed personnel; UAP, unlicensed assistive personnel.