title: Work redesign in high-intensity environments. ProACT for critical care.
abstract: Hospitals are becoming immense intensive care units despite a continuing shortage of critical care nurses. While there has been widespread application of work redesign concepts in nursing during the last several years, few projects involving critical care have been reported. The authors describe a comprehensive restructuring initiative in the critical care setting and focus on the administrative implications of this work.
authors.affiliation: Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ritter
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Tonges
mesh_terms: D002017:Budgets; D003266:Continuity of Patient Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D003365:Costs and Cost Analysis; D003422:Critical Care / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D006272:Health Facility Environment / Q000592:standards; D006785:Hospitals, University; D006801:Humans; D007374:Interior Design and Furnishings / Q000592:standards; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007587:Job Description; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009515:New Jersey; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D011321:Primary Nursing / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration* / Q000592:standards; D012380:Role; D016526:Workload