The 6-measure scorecard
The staffing star is six subjects added into one score out of 380.
The hook
#📋 The report card
You don't get one giant grade for “school.” You get a grade per subject, and they add up. The staffing star works exactly that way: six measures, summed.
#The real idea
Six measures, 380 points max. Three are about how much nurse time, three are about people staying:
- Total nurse HPRD (max 100) — RN+LPN+CNA hours per resident.
- RN HPRD (max 100) — registered-nurse hours only; scarce and heavily weighted.
- Weekend total nurse HPRD (max 50) — Saturday/Sunday coverage.
- Total nurse turnover (max 50) — share of nursing staff who left (lower = better).
- RN turnover (max 50) — same, for RNs.
- Administrator departures (max 30) — how many times the top boss left in 12 months.
Add the six → total staffing score → star band.
#🍁 Maple Grove example
Its six measures
Total nurse HPRD 3.30 → 40
RN HPRD 0.42 → 30
Weekend HPRD 2.50 → 10
Total turnover 58% → 15
RN turnover 70% → 10
Admin departures 2 → 10
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total = 115 → 1★#Remember this
One score, six inputs. You lift a star by moving the cheapest of the six far enough to cross a band — not by pouring hours in blindly.
#Try it 👉
Check yourself — answers reveal on submit.
If a facility scored 20, 40, 25, 30, 30, 30 across the six, what’s the total?
Which three measures are about retention, not hours?