Staffing Ratio Compliance Calculator

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Staffing Ratio Compliance Calculator

Determine whether your current nurse-to-patient (or staff-to-client) ratios meet mandated or recommended standards, calculate compliance percentage, and estimate how many additional staff are needed to close any gap.

Unit / Setting Type

ICU / Critical Care (1:2) Emergency Department (1:3) Medical-Surgical (1:5) Step-Down / Telemetry (1:3) Postpartum (1:6) Pediatrics (1:4) Psychiatric (1:6) Custom Ratio

Required Patients per Staff Member

Mandated / Recommended Ratio (patients per staff)

Total Patients / Clients Currently Admitted

Number of Staff Currently On Duty

Shift Length (hours)

Average Hourly Staff Cost ($ — optional, for cost gap)

Calculate Compliance

(function() {

const RATIOS = { icu: 2, ed: 3, medsurg: 5, stepdown: 3, postpartum: 6, pediatrics: 4, psych: 6, custom: null };

window.staUpdateMandated = function() { const type = document.getElementById('sta-unit-type').value; const customRow = document.getElementById('sta-custom-row'); const mandatedDisplay = document.getElementById('sta-mandated-display');

if (type === 'custom') { customRow.style.display = 'block'; mandatedDisplay.value = ''; mandatedDisplay.removeAttribute('readonly'); mandatedDisplay.style.background = ''; document.getElementById('sta-custom-ratio').addEventListener('input', function() { mandatedDisplay.value = this.value; }); } else { customRow.style.display = 'none'; mandatedDisplay.value = RATIOS[type]; mandatedDisplay.setAttribute('readonly', true); mandatedDisplay.style.background = '#f5f5f5'; } };

window.staCalc = function() { const resultDiv = document.getElementById('sta-result');

// --- Gather inputs --- const unitType = document.getElementById('sta-unit-type').value; const totalPatients = parseFloat(document.getElementById('sta-total-patients').value); const staffOnDuty = parseFloat(document.getElementById('sta-staff-on-duty').value); const shiftHours = parseFloat(document.getElementById('sta-shift-hours').value); const hourlyRate = parseFloat(document.getElementById('sta-hourly-rate').value) || 0;

let mandatedRatio; if (unitType === 'custom') { mandatedRatio = parseFloat(document.getElementById('sta-custom-ratio').value); } else { mandatedRatio = RATIOS[unitType]; }

// --- Validation --- const errors = []; if (isNaN(totalPatients) || totalPatients 24) errors.push("Shift length must be between 0.5 and 24 hours."); if (isNaN(mandatedRatio) || mandatedRatio 0) { resultDiv.style.display = 'block'; resultDiv.innerHTML = '⚠ Please fix the following:' + errors.map(e => '').join('') + '

'; return; }

// ───────────────────────────────────────────── // CORE FORMULAS // ─────────────────────────────────────────────

// 1. Actual (current) ratio — patients per staff member // actual_ratio = total_patients / staff_on_duty const actualRatio = totalPatients / staffOnDuty;

// 2. Minimum staff required to meet mandated ratio // required_staff = ceil( total_patients / mandated_ratio ) const requiredStaff = Math.ceil(totalPatients / mandatedRatio);

// 3. Staff gap (positive = understaffed, negative = overstaffed) // staff_gap = required_staff - staff_on_duty const staffGap = requiredStaff - staffOnDuty;

// 4. Compliance ratio (how close current ratio is to mandated) // compliance_pct = (mandated_ratio / actual_ratio) * 100 // Capped at 100 % — being over-staffed is compliant const compliancePct = Math.min((mandatedRatio / actualRatio) * 100, 100);

// 5. Patient capacity at current staffing // max_patients = staff_on_duty * mandated_ratio const maxPatients = staffOnDuty * mandatedRatio;

// 6. Patient overage (patients beyond safe capacity) // patient_overage = max(0, total_patients - max_patients) const patientOverage = Math.max(0, totalPatients - maxPatients);

// 7. Cost to close gap (per shift) // gap_cost = max(0, staff_gap) * shift_hours * hourly_rate const gapCost = Math.max(0, staffGap) * shiftHours * hourlyRate;

// 8. Annual gap cost (assuming 365 days, 24h / shift_hours shifts per day) // annual_gap_cost = gap_cost * (24 / shift_hours) * 365 const shiftsPerDay = 24 / shiftHours; const annualGapCost = gapCost * shiftsPerDay * 365;

// ───────────────────────────────────────────── // STATUS FLAGS // ───────────────────────────────────────────── const isCompliant = staffGap ' + statusLabel + '';

// Compliance meter html += ''; html += 'Compliance Level' + compliancePct.toFixed(1) + '%'; html += ''; html += ''; html += '';

// Key metrics table html += ''; const rows = [ ['Total Patients', totalPatients.toFixed(0)], ['Staff On Duty', staffOnDuty.toFixed(0)], ['Actual Ratio (patients : staff)', actualRatio.toFixed(2) + ' : 1'], ['Mandated Ratio (patients : staff)', mandatedRatio.toFixed(1) + ' : 1'], ['Minimum Staff Required', requiredStaff.toFixed(0)], ['Staff Gap', (staffGap > 0 ? '+' : '') + staffGap.toFixed(0) + (staffGap > 0 ? ' (understaffed)' : staffGap 0) { rows.push(['Cost to Close Gap (this shift)', '$' + gapCost.toLocaleString('en-US', {minimumFractionDigits:2, maximumFractionDigits:2})]); rows.push(['Estimated Annual Gap Cost', '$' + annualGapCost.toLocaleString('en-US', {minimumFractionDigits:2, maximumFractionDigits:2})]); } rows.forEach(function(r, i) { const bg = i % 2 === 0 ? '#f9f9f9' : '#fff'; html += ''; html += '' + r[0] + ''; html += '' + r[1] + ''; html += ''; }); html += '';

// Recommendation if (!isCompliant) { html += ''; html += 'Recommendation: Add ' + staffGap + ' staff member' + (staffGap !== 1 ? 's' : '') + ' to this shift to achieve compliance. '; html += 'Currently ' + patientOverage.toFixed(0) + ' patient' + (patientOverage !== 1 ? 's' : '') + ' exceed safe capacity.'; html += ''; } else { html += ''; html += 'Status: Current staffing meets or exceeds the mandated ratio. '; if (staffGap '; }

resultDiv.style.display = 'block'; resultDiv.innerHTML = html; };

// Initialize mandated ratio display on load staUpdateMandated();

})();

#### Formulas Used

1. Actual Ratio actual_ratio = total_patients ÷ staff_on_duty

2. Minimum Required Staff required_staff = ⌈ total_patients ÷ mandated_ratio ⌉ (ceiling function — always round up to ensure coverage)

3. Staff Gap staff_gap = required_staff − staff_on_duty Positive = understaffed; Negative = overstaffed; Zero = exact compliance.

4. Compliance Percentage compliance_pct = min( mandated_ratio ÷ actual_ratio × 100, 100 ) Capped at 100 % because exceeding the minimum is still compliant.

5. Maximum Safe Patient Load max_patients = staff_on_duty × mandated_ratio

6. Patient Overage patient_overage = max( 0, total_patients − max_patients )

7. Per-Shift Gap Cost gap_cost = max(0, staff_gap) × shift_hours × hourly_rate

8. Annual Gap Cost annual_gap_cost = gap_cost × (24 ÷ shift_hours) × 365

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