title: Developing a staffing model.
abstract: Appropriate staff numbers are directly associated with the provision of safe patient care. Providing safe patient care is a concern shared not only by managers but by staff members as well. By using the information found in this article from relative value to daily diary time studies, the department manager will have the knowledge to ascertain the correct number of personnel needed to perform the work required.
authors.forename: G N
authors.initials: GN
authors.lastname: Bodinsky
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D016294:Models, Nursing; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D016526:Workload