staffing
ANA releases updated Principles for Nurse Staffing
Caring and advocating for school children
Ethics case study: Poor staffing results in brain-damaged patient
Author Leah Curtin discusses the ethical issue of short staffing.
From our readers…Creative staffing solutions for floating and low census
From Your ANA President
Headlines from the Hill
ANA’s legislative agenda introduced in the 113th Congress
Healthy schedules, healthy nurses
Fatigue is common among shift-work nurses, and longer shifts and overtime are associated with increased patient errors and undesirable nurse health outcomes. Consistent with the American Nurses Association’s 2017 focus on the healthy nurse, one of the best ways for a workplace to promote nurse health is with its scheduling practices.
Issues up close
How NDNQI® data are helping top hospitals improve nursing quality
It’s time for data-driven, patient-centered workforce management
Joining the fight for safe staffing: Q&A with Congresswoman Ginny Brown-Waite
Key components for optimal staffing
Level loading nurse assignments based on the work intensity
Leveraging size while remaining nimble with a workforce management strategy. Case Study: Advocate Aurora Health
NEJM study finds low RN staffing increases mortality
Nurse staffing and patient experience outcomes: A close connection
Nurse turnover: Understand it, reduce it
Nurses’ crucial role in preventing and documenting conditions not present on admission
Medicare has reduced its reimbursement for hospital-acquired conditions. Will some hospitals try to offset the shortfall by slashing nurse staffing?
One giant leap
Optimal staffing for safe patient care: What will it take?
Patient confidence in nurses decreases when hospitals are understaffed
Positive RN staffing reduces stroke mortality
Progress on nurses working environment made
Safe staffing saves lives
ANA’s “Safe Staffing Saves Lives” campaign fights for safe nurse staffing legislation.
Safe staffing saves lives – ANA advances RN Staffing bill
Staffing committees: A safe staffing solution that includes engagement
Study: Appropriate nurse staffing lowers hospital readmission rates
Study: Nurse understaffing associated with infections in neonatal ICUs
Supporting novice nurses in a float pool
As the nursing profession strives to advance care delivery, it’s faced with many challenges, including adequately educating nurses and effectively managing staffing and retention issues. We need new, innovative solutions to effectively deal with these challenges. Christiana Care Health System (CCHS) developed a unique medical nurse float pool to support medical nursing units by decreasing overtime costs and managing unpredictable staffing needs.
Surge planning and a tiered staffing model
Take Note – December 2006
The imperative for an electronic nurse scheduling system
This week is Healthcare Quality Week!
Understanding the charge nurse’s role in staffing
What are your shift pain points?
What price are you willing to pay?
Leah Curtin discusses the challenge of a moral problem.