title: Allocation of nursing care hours in a combined ophthalmic nursing unit.
abstract: Traditional service configuration with separate nursing units for outpatient and inpatient care is becoming ineffective for new patient care delivery models. With the new configuration of a combined nursing unit, it was necessary to rethink traditional reporting methodologies and calculation of hours of care. This project management plan is an initial attempt to develop a standard costing/productivity model for a combined unit. The methodology developed from this plan measures nursing care hours for each patient population to determine the number of full time equivalents (FTEs) for a combined unit and allocates FTEs based on inpatient (IP), outpatient (OP), and emergency room (ER) volumes.
authors.forename: V B
authors.initials: VB
authors.lastname: Navarro
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Stout
authors.forename: F M
authors.initials: FM
authors.lastname: Tolley
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D006757:Hospital Units / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009885:Ophthalmology; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D016526:Workload