For more than 50 years, researchers have worked to develop staffing methodologies to accurately indicate the number of nurses needed to give good care to patients. By the 1980s, patient classification systems (PCSs) were in common use to predict patient requirements for nursing care. These requirements, or patient acuity, could then be used to manage nursing personnel resources, costs, and qual...

INTRODUCTION Funding bodies have traditionally used attendance figures as a way of determining the allocation of funding for resources in the EDs. Using attendance figures only might not accurately reflect the funding and resources required. The need to create an easily implemented tool to compare workload and resources required was identified. Using the Australasian Triage Scale, a tool was de...

BACKGROUND Intravitreal injections (IVI) of anti-vascular endothelial growth factor (anti-VEGF) now improve or stabilize visual acuity in a number of previously untreatable eye diseases, of which the main are age-related macular degeneration, retinal vein occlusion and diabetic macular edema. Most patients require multiple injections over lengthy periods of time and the prevalence of treatable ...

The heavy workload of hospital nurses is a major problem for the American health care system. Nurses are experiencing higher workloads than ever before due to four main reasons: (1) increased demand for nurses, (2) inadequate supply of nurses, (3) reduced staffing and increased overtime, and (4) reduction in patient length of stay. First, the demand for nurses is increasing as a result of popul...

The neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is a setting with high nurse-to-patient ratios. Little is known about the factors that determine nurse workload and assignment. The goals of this study were to (1) develop a measure of NICU infant acuity; (2) describe the acuity distribution of NICU infants; (3) describe the nurse/infant ratio at each acuity level, and examine the factors other than acuit...

ID: 516 The Concept of Nursing Workload: A Dimensional Analysis Author Information: Authors List: Presenting Author: Heather Craven Presenting Author: Heather Lee Craven Address: 1331 Fernleaf Drive Richmond, Virginia 23235 USA Ph: 804-240-2303 Fax: Email: [email protected] Institution: Medical University of South Carolina College of Nu Abstract InformationInformation Presentation Preference: SN...

Changes in reimbursement make it imperative for nurse managers to develop tools and methods to assist them to stay within budget. Disparity between planned staffing and required staffing often requires supplemental staffing and overtime. In addition, many states are now mandating staffing committees to demonstrate effective staff planning. This retrospective quantitative study developed an empi...

This paper describes innovative research that quantified relationships between nurse staffing and nurse-sensitive patient outcomes. Building on existing studies, the research added controls for patient workload, analyzed data at a daily-level of detail and employed rigorous multi-site data control. A key finding in the study was that staffing to effectively meet patient workload demands mitigat...

The study aimed to explore mental health professionals’ perceptions of patient safety issues across community and inpatient services. Fourteen professionals settings participated in qualitative interviews. Framework analysis, guided by the Yorkshire Contributory Factors – Mental Health, was used analyse data. Safety identified mapped on 19 21 factors Health. most frequently mentioned participan...