Shift Staffing Grid From Census and Target HPPD
A shift staffing grid: staff per shift at each census from a target HPPD and shift length.
Open the tool → Runs in your browser. Data leaves only if you deliberately send a problem report from the interactive tool.
Example
- Target HPPD
- 8
- Shift length
- 12
- Lowest census
- 20
- Highest census
- 30
- Census step
- 2
- RN share of staff
- 60
Result: At 8 HPPD and 12-hour shifts, census 20 needs 7 staff per shift
The tool opens with these values already filled in. Replace them with your own.
What you enter
- Target HPPD
- Shift length (hours)
- Lowest census
- Highest census
- Census step (default 1)
- RN share of staff (%)
How this is calculated
Citation
Stated arithmetic: staff per shift is the target hours per patient day times census over 24, rounded up; RNs are that staff count times the RN share, rounded up. No primary source; no benchmark is given.
A reference and educational tool. Not medical, legal, or financial advice, and not a substitute for clinician judgment.