Is your NICU slow or busy?

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Our NICU has had a LOW census for about 2 months now. Is your NICU slow or busy right now? As soon as we get a few new babies, a few go home. I'm surprised at how long this has lasted. How long has your NICU been with a low census? (if it has happened)

Do the summer months tend to be slow?

Specializes in neonatal.

We are busting at the seams and have been for quite a while. Our census has been 70+ and we have even seen 80+. And right now our acuity level is way up. We are staffing sometimes with upwards of 40 nurses. Just this last weekend we had two pts on ECMO and a transport call for a 3rd possible ECMO. I believe we have approval to hire 56 more nurses so please send some our way!

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Our census is about average for us right now, but our acuity is way down.

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