Patients??? Needs for Nursing Care
- 1 February 2003
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration
- Vol. 33 (2) , 76-81
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00005110-200302000-00003
Abstract
The current focus on staffing ratios as a means to assure appropriate care for patients ignores the very real differences among patients in their needs for nursing care. Implementing a system that identifies these needs provides a more accurate indication of staffing requirements. In addition, storing the raw data from the system at their most basic level provides opportunities for more extensive analyses and informed, data-driven decision-making related to resource allocation, performance improvement, and productivity enhancement.Keywords
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