title: Patient classification systems and staffing. Part 2, Practice and process.
abstract: How can nurse executives ensure flexible staffing to meet rapidly changing patient care requirements? Part 1 of this two-part series offered a new way to conceptualize and evaluate current methods of staffing with patient classification systems (PCS). Advantages and disadvantages of each PCS-driven staffing method are explored and implications for nurse executives are examined. A promising new method of PCS-related staffing is described further in Part 2, and implementation strategies are discussed.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of California, San Francisco.
authors.forename: H A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: DeGroot
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D017146:Models, Organizational; D009718:Nurse Administrators; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000458:organization & administration*