Question

1. Using the statistics from the following monthly report from the nursing administration of

Community Hospital, an acute care facility, calculate the current month’s (November) average

daily inpatient census for each nursing unit and the totals. Note that this facility’s policy is to

round to a whole number.

Community Hospital Inpatient Statistical Report Average Daily Inpatient Census by Nursing Unit November 20XX
Unit	Number of Beds	Inpatient Service Days	Average Daily Inpatient Census
A   Medicine/Surgery	40	1108
B   Pediatrics	40	997
C   Obstetrics	25	733
D   Rehabilitation	15	400
E   Cardiac Care Unit	20	592
F   Surgical Intensive Care Unit	15	445
G   Medicine Intensive Care	20	585
Total Adult and Children	175	4860
I   Newborn Nursery	20	588
J   Special Care Nursery	10	201
K   Neonatal Intensive Care	10	285
Total Nursery

2. Children’s Hospital reported the following statistics for March, 20XX. Calculate the average

daily inpatient census for each unit and the total. Round to a whole number.

Children’s Hospital

Inpatient Service Days

March 20XX

Unit                                       Number of Beds               Inpatient Service Days Average Daily Inpatient Census Pediatrics Surgical                                 30                                           833

Hematology Oncology                   20                                           566

Neurology/Neurosurgical             30                                           756

Renal/Gastroenterology…           20                                           555

Respiratory 30    897

Cardiac Medicine/Surgical            20                                           589

Infant Care Unit   10                                           281

Pediatric Intensive Care                20                                           540

Total                                              180

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