Nurse Staffing & Productivity
Ensuring an appropriate number and mix of professional nursing staff is critical in these times of resource constraints, changing demographics, and increased acuity. With the hectic pace of many health care agencies today, many nursing leaders are finding they require support or assistance in the following areas:
Nurse Staffing Analysis
Many organizations have engaged in traditional benchmarking exercises with disappointing results. Our approach is tailored and robust and considers the numerous factors – including evidence and outcomes – that must be considered when making decisions about the appropriateness of nurse staffing.
Review and Redesign of Nursing Work
Numerous recent studies have concluded that nurses spend high percentages of time in indirect and non-nursing activities. When considered with the reality of the nursing shortage and resource constraints, it is time to develop new models and approaches!
Nursing Scheduling
Do your schedules have uneven (unplanned) numbers scheduled by day of week? Do you (or your staff) spend excessive amounts of time on daily replacement? Is there a perceived lack of fairness or equity (either your perception or staffs) between individual schedules, between full time/part time or between senior/junior staff.
Strategic Nursing Recruitment and Retention
We can assist you in developing a nursing recruitment & retention plan that is focused and strategic.
