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Staffing Calculators
ANMF (SA Branch) N/MHPPD Calculators – Ready Reckoner (Daily), and 7 Day Staffing Plan.
To assist members the ANMF (SA Branch) has developed tools to assist in the calculation and conversion of N/MHPPD (NMEA Appendix 2) to a staff plan for your patient care area.
Daily Staffing Snapshot ‘Ready Reckoner’ Tool
assists in checking and balancing of nursing/midwifery hours
To use the tool, enter the Nursing/Midwifery Hours per Patient Day (N/MHPPD) as per NMEA Appendix 2 and the expected number of occupied beds or equivalent for your patient care area for that day.
This tool provides a snapshot and therefore an indication only of the average staff plan recognising that the nursing and midwifery hours are balanced over a 7 day period.
7 Day N/MHPPD Calculators
- 7 Day Calculator assists in converting N/MHPPD to a 7 day staff plan or roster
To use these tools, enter the Nursing/Midwifery Hours per Patient Day (N/MHPPD) as per NMEA Appendix 2 and the expected number of occupied beds or equivalent for your patient care area. This gives you the number of nursing/midwifery hours that you are available to be balanced over 7 day period. The CSC (or equivalent), in consultation with nurses/midwives working on the ward/unit/patient care area, can use the tools to allocate nursing/midwifery hours across the different shifts in the course of 7 days.
How to access these tools
The tools are available in one excel workbook, for you to download and use offline: