KevinMD August 31, 2024
An excerpt from Healing Healthcare: Evidence-Based Strategies to Mend Our Broken System.
The greatest challenge facing our professional workforce today is creating a healthy work environment in which nurses care for patients. A significant characteristic of a healthy work environment is appropriate staffing. Nurse staffing is a multifaceted issue, and it is extremely difficult to objectively advocate for change. Different members of the health care team have different concepts of nurse staffing. To some, proper staffing means staying within a budgeted, fixed nurse-to-patient ratio, or accurately scoring a patient’s acuity, or maximizing an employee’s responsibilities to their full potential within their scope of practice. Each factor influences staffing decisions.
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