Setting nursing hours standards. Part 2.
These two articles have described a simple study based on random observations that will allow the nurse manager to establish hours standards for care provided to patients of varying acuity levels. While this study is a quick-and-easy method of obtaining data on standards of current practice, it is an inexpensive method that can be used on a regular basis to track trends in a highly dynamic health care environment.
D003625:Data Collection; D006801:Humans; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital / Q000592:standards*; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D013223:Statistics as Topic; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis; D013996:Time and Motion Studies