Also found in: Financial, Acronyms. Accidental Death Benefit. A provision of a life insurance policy stating that if the insuredâthe person whose life has been insuredâdies in an accident, the beneficiary of the policyâthe person to whom its proceeds are payableâwill receive twice the face value of the policy.
Neonatal Working Hours. Neonatal nurses typically work 40 hours per week. Overtime may be required due to the severity of the patients they treat and the inability to leave patients' unattended. Nurse coverage is a priority in neonatal units, so long working hours will be infrequent.
The following are descriptive statistics of the total nursing hours per patient day and RN hours per patient day by unit type across all NDNQI participating hospitals that provided nurse staffing data for third quarter 2011. 1. Total nursing hours per patient day Unit type: mean(SD), 25th percentile, median, 75th percentile