NSC-12.1 - Percentage of total productive nursing hours worked by RN (employee and contract) with direct patient care responsibilities by hospital unit.
NSC-12.2 - Percentage of total productive nursing hours worked by LPN/LVN (employee and contract) with direct patient care responsibilities by hospital unit.
NSC-12.3 - Percentage of total productive nursing hours worked by UAP (employee and contract) with direct patient care responsibilities by hospital unit.
NSC-12.4 - Percentage of total productive nursing hours worked by contract or agency staff (RN, LPN/LVN, and UAP) with direct patient care responsibilities by hospital unit.
Note that the skill mix of the nursing staff (NSC-12.1, NSC-12.2, and NSC-12.3) represent the proportions of total productive nursing hours by each type of nursing staff (RN, LPN/LVN, and UAP); NSC-12.4 is a separate rate.
Measure focus is structure of care quality in acute care hospital units.
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1.5 Measure Type1.7 Electronic Clinical Quality Measure (eCQM)1.9 Care Setting1.20 Testing Data Sources
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1.14 Numerator
Four separate numerators are as follows:
RN hours – Productive nursing care hours worked by RNs with direct patient care responsibilities for each hospital in-patient unit during the calendar month.
LPN/LVN hours – Productive nursing care hours worked by LPNs/LVNs with direct patient care responsibilities for each hospital in-patient unit during the calendar month.
UAP hours – Productive nursing care hours worked by UAP with direct patient care responsibilities for each hospital in-patient unit during the calendar month.
Contract or agency hours – Productive nursing care hours worked by nursing staff (contract or agency staff) with direct patient care responsibilities for each hospital in-patient unit during the calendar month.
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1.15 Denominator
Denominator is the total number of productive hours worked by employee or contract nursing staff with direct patient care responsibilities (RN, LPN/LVN, and UAP) for each hospital in-patient unit during the calendar month.
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Exclusions
Same as numerator; nursing staff with no direct patient care responsibilities are excluded.
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