Just curious what kinda of census your unit has and how many deliveries a year you have and if your unit does transport. My unit is in another slump. We have 4,000 deliveries a year, but we do not do transport. We are a level III with oscillator capibilities and we keep babies of all gestations. We transport out for ECMO, surgery, extensive diagnostic testing, nitric, and head cooling. Sometimes are census will drop below 10. It just boggles my mind that we can have 4,000 deliveries a year and have a census below 10. Doesn't make sense to me. We have a diverse population and handle high risk pregnancies. We have our share of drop in/no PNC patients as well. I realize that our census is going to be down because we don't do surgery, do transport, etc... but a census under 10? Doesn't make sense. We have 25 beds and there have been many occasions where we have been full but that hasn't happened in quite awhile. I am not expecting a steady census of 20 or more, but more than 10 seems reasonable. It's frustrating because we have such a busy delivery service that is growing year by year so I would expect out census to stay up. So what gives? How about your unit?
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Just curious what kinda of census your unit has and how many deliveries a year you have and if your unit does transport. My unit is in another slump. We have 4,000 deliveries a year, but we do not do transport. We are a level III with oscillator capibilities and we keep babies of all gestations. We transport out for ECMO, surgery, extensive diagnostic testing, nitric, and head cooling. Sometimes are census will drop below 10. It just boggles my mind that we can have 4,000 deliveries a year and have a census below 10. Doesn't make sense to me. We have a diverse population and handle high risk pregnancies. We have our share of drop in/no PNC patients as well. I realize that our census is going to be down because we don't do surgery, do transport, etc... but a census under 10? Doesn't make sense. We have 25 beds and there have been many occasions where we have been full but that hasn't happened in quite awhile. I am not expecting a steady census of 20 or more, but more than 10 seems reasonable. It's frustrating because we have such a busy delivery service that is growing year by year so I would expect out census to stay up. So what gives? How about your unit?