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Chapter 5 Findings
By evening time these numbers had changed and the number of staff going off
duty at evening report was six on eight occasions (7%), five on 102 occasions
(83% the number of staff required), four on 11 occasions (9%) and three on two
occasions (2%).
5.5.4 Staffing Levels at Morning Report
The breakdown of nurses and HCAs on duty at morning report is illustrated in
the Charts 5.6 and 5.7 below.
Six nurses were on duty at morning report 23 times (19%). The nursing
complement of five nurses on duty occurred 77 times (63%) while four nurses
came on duty 20 times (16%) and three nurses came on duty three times (2%)
(Chart 5.6).
Chart 5.6: Number of nursing staff at morning report
Three HCAs were on duty at morning report 17 times during the 123-day period
(14%). The full complement of four HCAs on duty occurred 90 times (73%),
while five HCAs came on duty 14 times (11%) and six came on duty twice (2%)
(Chart 5.7).
Occurence of Complement of Nursing Staff
for Morning Shift
19%
18%
63%
Full complement
Over the complement
Under the complement