Download or read book Acuity based Staffing written by Angie Camacho and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The debate on how to appropriately staff nurses in the acute care setting is an ongoing one. However, with health care reform on the horizon, staffing to patient acuity must become a focus in the future of nursing in order to adequately meet the increasing demands on nursing, specifically in the Intensive Care areas. Patient acuity should be the key factor in determining staffing so that patients may receive the high quality care they deserve while maintaining desirable working environments for nurses. According to evidence-based research, nurse staffing levels in intensive care settings have a profound effect on patient satisfaction, nurse satisfaction, health care expenses, and patient outcomes. Reassessing current staffing models set in place for these patient care areas is a crucial step towards improving patient outcomes, increasing nurse retention rates, and enhancing the financial well-being of health care organizations. The problem with under staffing, or staffing to ratios, is the lack of consideration for patient acuity. As a result patient care is being jeopardized, often leading to higher unexpected health care costs/ expenses. Nurses are being stretched to the limit and forced to leave numerous nursing tasks undone, which at times can lead to patient injury, causing longer hospital stays, increased incidences of hospital readmissions and patient mortality. While health care administrators are being pressured to reduce costs/ expenses as a result of health care reform, staffing to acuity can actually help contribute to these expectations on numerous levels in terms costs reduction. Acuity-based staffing has proven to help decrease patient mortality rates, be more cost-effective than staffing to ratios in regards to patient outcomes, and increase nurse satisfaction and retention. With health care reform on the horizon, health care administrators have no choice but to reassess staffing models to meet patient needs, retain nurses and gain the financial outcomes they desire.
Download or read book Patient Safety and Quality written by Ronda Hughes and published by Department of Health and Human Services. This book was released on 2008 with total page 592 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Nurses play a vital role in improving the safety and quality of patient car -- not only in the hospital or ambulatory treatment facility, but also of community-based care and the care performed by family members. Nurses need know what proven techniques and interventions they can use to enhance patient outcomes. To address this need, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), with additional funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has prepared this comprehensive, 1,400-page, handbook for nurses on patient safety and quality -- Patient Safety and Quality: An Evidence-Based Handbook for Nurses. (AHRQ Publication No. 08-0043)." - online AHRQ blurb, http://www.ahrq.gov/qual/nurseshdbk/
Download or read book Implementing Acuity based Staffing in Long Term Care Facilities written by Emmanuelle Jesus N. Del Mar and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This proposal hopes to present a suggested implementation of a transition from nurse-patient ratio based staffing to a system that uses workload acuity to provide adequate staffing. The proposed implementation, along with the formatted data collection tools, are developed for application in long term care facilities. The foundational issue of interest revolves around the question, In long-term care facilities, does acuity-based staffing, as opposed to staffing based on a set nurse-patient ratio, yield improved patient outcomes and increased patient safety? This work will begin by providing an overview of the core issues related to ineffectively staffed facilities, more specifically relating to impact on patient care quality. It will also include references to other current research that support similar conclusions. Finally, it will include a description of the suggested solution, followed by plans for implementation of suggested changes and dissemination of proposals, eventually concluded with an proposal for methods of effective evaluation.
Download or read book The Impact of Patient Acuity based Staffing on Patient Outcomes written by Cornelia R. Gilpin and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Nursing Staff in Hospitals and Nursing Homes written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1996-03-27 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hospitals and nursing homes are responding to changes in the health care system by modifying staffing levels and the mix of nursing personnel. But do these changes endanger the quality of patient care? Do nursing staff suffer increased rates of injury, illness, or stress because of changing workplace demands? These questions are addressed in Nursing Staff in Hospitals and Nursing Homes, a thorough and authoritative look at today's health care system that also takes a long-term view of staffing needs for nursing as the nation moves into the next century. The committee draws fundamental conclusions about the evolving role of nurses in hospitals and nursing homes and presents recommendations about staffing decisions, nursing training, measurement of quality, reimbursement, and other areas. The volume also discusses work-related injuries, violence toward and abuse of nursing staffs, and stress among nursing personnelâ€"and examines whether these problems are related to staffing levels. Included is a readable overview of the underlying trends in health care that have given rise to urgent questions about nurse staffing: population changes, budget pressures, and the introduction of new technologies. Nursing Staff in Hospitals and Nursing Homes provides a straightforward examination of complex and sensitive issues surround the role and value of nursing on our health care system.
Download or read book Assessing Progress on the Institute of Medicine Report The Future of Nursing written by National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2016-03-22 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nurses make up the largest segment of the health care profession, with 3 million registered nurses in the United States. Nurses work in a wide variety of settings, including hospitals, public health centers, schools, and homes, and provide a continuum of services, including direct patient care, health promotion, patient education, and coordination of care. They serve in leadership roles, are researchers, and work to improve health care policy. As the health care system undergoes transformation due in part to the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the nursing profession is making a wide-reaching impact by providing and affecting quality, patient-centered, accessible, and affordable care. In 2010, the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released the report The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health, which made a series of recommendations pertaining to roles for nurses in the new health care landscape. This current report assesses progress made by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation/AARP Future of Nursing: Campaign for Action and others in implementing the recommendations from the 2010 report and identifies areas that should be emphasized over the next 5 years to make further progress toward these goals.
Download or read book Adequate Staffing Ratio s by Acuity written by Jennifer Hohmann and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: There is currently a growing body of evidence to support the major issue of low staffing levels leading to higher percentages of patient mortality, adverse events, and dissatisfied nurses, but what is really being done to support safe staffing levels? With the predicted crisis of the nursing shortage by the year of 2025, many evidence-based practice studies have reflected the issue in nursing in acute and long-term hospitals as well as legislative backing for safe staffing levels for registered nurses in the state of California. A proposed solution that is designed to promote better patient outcomes, less adverse events such as hospital acquired infections and medication errors, lower hospital stays, reduce health care costs, better Medicare reimbursements to hospital, and nurse retention is to mandate nurse-to-patient ratio's based upon acuity level of patients. A plan for a six month study will be conducted with a before and after evaluation of overall patient and nurse satisfaction, safety of work environment, number of adverse events, and trial staffing grid for higher staffing levels based upon patient acuity. A random qualitative questionnaire survey will be administered for nurses to fill out voluntary to measure their perceptions of work environment and satisfaction. The study will include a trial staffing grid along with an acuity flow sheet to the participating unit. Patient satisfaction scores as well as the number of adverse events will be collected prior to the start of the study and compared to the results of the same unit scored during the study. During the implementation phase, a presentation will be held to address the current proposal and issue as well as staff and administrators. The study's results will be reviewed to present stakeholders involved directly toward patient care for further approval. All data including the study's results and the proposed changes will be disseminated to administration for further deliberation towards change for nurse staffing levels, based upon acuity level of patients, to promote quality of care and promotion of better patient outcomes and safer environments. Literature review articles and studies used in this project focus primarily on the effects of unsafe nurse staffing levels, unsafe working environments, adverse outcomes, nurse burnout, and overall quality of care.
Download or read book The Road to Nursing written by Nick Arnott and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2021-11-22 with total page 715 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being an effective and well-rounded nurse in Australia is not just about technical skills - it's also about thinking like a nurse. The Road to Nursing helps students develop clinical reasoning and critical reflection skills, understand the philosophical and ethical considerations necessary to care for clients and reflect on how to provide care that meets the unique needs of clients. This edition retains three parts which guide students through their transition to university, formation of a professional identity and progression to professional practice. A revised chapter order improves the transition between topics and a new chapter explores the ever-changing Australian health landscape, including recent technological innovations. Each chapter includes definitions of key terms, reflection questions, perspectives from nurses, end-of-chapter review questions, research topics and resources that connect students with the real-world practice of nursing. Written by healthcare experts, The Road to Nursing is a fundamental resource for students beginning a nursing career.
Download or read book Development of an inpatient nursing master staffing model based on patient acuity levels written by Theresa Ann Roth and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Keeping Patients Safe written by Institute of Medicine and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2004-03-27 with total page 485 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Building on the revolutionary Institute of Medicine reports To Err is Human and Crossing the Quality Chasm, Keeping Patients Safe lays out guidelines for improving patient safety by changing nurses' working conditions and demands. Licensed nurses and unlicensed nursing assistants are critical participants in our national effort to protect patients from health care errors. The nature of the activities nurses typically perform â€" monitoring patients, educating home caretakers, performing treatments, and rescuing patients who are in crisis â€" provides an indispensable resource in detecting and remedying error-producing defects in the U.S. health care system. During the past two decades, substantial changes have been made in the organization and delivery of health care â€" and consequently in the job description and work environment of nurses. As patients are increasingly cared for as outpatients, nurses in hospitals and nursing homes deal with greater severity of illness. Problems in management practices, employee deployment, work and workspace design, and the basic safety culture of health care organizations place patients at further risk. This newest edition in the groundbreaking Institute of Medicine Quality Chasm series discusses the key aspects of the work environment for nurses and reviews the potential improvements in working conditions that are likely to have an impact on patient safety.
Download or read book Measuring Capacity to Care Using Nursing Data written by Evelyn Hovenga and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2020-03-13 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Measuring Capacity to Care Using Nursing Data presents evidence-based solutions regarding the adoption of safe staffing principles and the optimum use of operational data to enable health service delivery strategies that result in improved patient and organizational outcomes. Readers will learn how to make better use of informatics to collect, share, link and process data collected operationally for the purpose of providing real-time information to decision- makers. The book discusses topics such as dynamic health care environments, health care operational inefficiencies and costly events, how to measure nursing care demand, nursing models of care, data quality and governance, and big data. The content of the book is a valuable source for graduate students in informatics, nurses, nursing managers and several members involved in health care who are interested in learning more about the beneficial use of informatics for improving their services. Presents and discusses evidences from real-world case studies from multiple countries Provides detailed insights of health system complexity in order to improve decision- making Demonstrates the link between nursing data and its use for efficient and effective healthcare service management Discusses several limitations currently experienced and their impact on health service delivery
Download or read book Nurse Staffing and Patient Classification written by Elizabeth Nancy Lewis and published by Aspen Publishers. This book was released on 1984 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Development of an Acuity based Nurse Staffing System for the Post Anesthesia Care Unit written by US Army Medical Department Center and School. Center for Healthcare Education and Studies and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Future of Nursing 2020 2030 written by National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The decade ahead will test the nation's nearly 4 million nurses in new and complex ways. Nurses live and work at the intersection of health, education, and communities. Nurses work in a wide array of settings and practice at a range of professional levels. They are often the first and most frequent line of contact with people of all backgrounds and experiences seeking care and they represent the largest of the health care professions. A nation cannot fully thrive until everyone - no matter who they are, where they live, or how much money they make - can live their healthiest possible life, and helping people live their healthiest life is and has always been the essential role of nurses. Nurses have a critical role to play in achieving the goal of health equity, but they need robust education, supportive work environments, and autonomy. Accordingly, at the request of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, on behalf of the National Academy of Medicine, an ad hoc committee under the auspices of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine conducted a study aimed at envisioning and charting a path forward for the nursing profession to help reduce inequities in people's ability to achieve their full health potential. The ultimate goal is the achievement of health equity in the United States built on strengthened nursing capacity and expertise. By leveraging these attributes, nursing will help to create and contribute comprehensively to equitable public health and health care systems that are designed to work for everyone. The Future of Nursing 2020-2030: Charting a Path to Achieve Health Equity explores how nurses can work to reduce health disparities and promote equity, while keeping costs at bay, utilizing technology, and maintaining patient and family-focused care into 2030. This work builds on the foundation set out by The Future of Nursing: Leading Change, Advancing Health (2011) report.
Download or read book Establishing Staffing Patterns Based on Acuity of Patient Needs written by California Nurses Association and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Comprehensive Cancer Center written by Mahmoud Aljurf and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-10-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This open access book provides a valuable resource for hospitals, institutions, and health authorities worldwide in their plans to set up and develop comprehensive cancer care centers. The development and implementation of a comprehensive cancer program allows for a systematic approach to evidence-based strategies of prevention, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, and palliation. Comprehensive cancer programs also provide a nexus for the running of clinical trials and implementation of novel cancer therapies with the overall aim of optimizing comprehensive and holistic care of cancer patients and providing them with the best opportunity to improve quality of life and overall survival. This book's self-contained chapter format aims to reinforce the critical importance of comprehensive cancer care centers while providing a practical guide for the essential components needed to achieve them, such as operational considerations, guidelines for best clinical inpatient and outpatient care, and research and quality management structures. Intended to be wide-ranging and applicable at a global level for both high and low income countries, this book is also instructive for regions with limited resources. The Comprehensive Cancer Center: Development, Integration, and Implementation is an essential resource for oncology physicians including hematologists, medical oncologists, radiation oncologists, surgical oncologists, and oncology nurses as well as hospitals, health departments, university authorities, governments and legislators.
Download or read book Addressing Acuity based Staffing in a Rehabilitation Setting written by Chinyere Nosiri and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
