HPPD in psychiatry

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Are there required HPPD in acute psychiatric services for nursing?

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That's an acronym I've never encountered before. What does it mean?

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hours per patient day...

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Sorry, can't help you -- I've been a psych nurse for 20+ years, in a few different states, and that's something I've never heard of before. Maybe someone else can answer ...

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Specializes in Med-Surg, Geriatric, Behavioral Health.

Maybe, you can expand upon this further...like how this is used or provide us a reference. In another location, it may be called something different.

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I work in an acute psych ward attached to a general hospital. We have something in place along the HPPD in place. We start with basic nurse numbers for each shift and then according to the patient acuity our numbers can go up from there, we do not lessen our numbers though as a matter of safety. Generally this means more overtime for overworked nurses!

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In the state of CA, Title XXII regulations require psychiatric hospitals to calculate care hours per patient day. I find that having a basic staffing plan with augmentation as acuities change works satisfactorily for us. The need to calculate HPPDs seems unnecessary. Was wanting to know what others do.

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