title: Nursing intensity: needed today for more than staffing.
abstract: Today's nurse executives require classification systems with adequate versatility to meet both administrative and clinical practice needs. The Patient Intensity for Nursing Index (PINI) is a valid measure of the volume or amount of care and the complexity of nursing care delivered to patients.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Prescott
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000145:classification; D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000145:classification* / Q000592:standards; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D013997:Time Factors