Nursing algorithms.
The search for creative approaches to staffing never ceases. What is correct staffing planning? How do you achieve control over your staffing budget? How do you justify your budget to the hospital's financial officer? This article presents one hospital's modeling technique for projecting labor component budgets, establishing a flexible staffing assignment system, and instituting reporting systems for control.
D002017:Budgets; D004526:Efficiency; D006746:Hospital Bed Capacity, 500 and over; D006801:Humans; D008910:Minnesota; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009738:Nursing Service, Hospital; D010559:Personnel Management / Q000379:methods*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000379:methods*; D013997:Time Factors; D000078329:Workforce