Measuring and monitoring nursing intensity.
With the explosion in the volume and array of ambulatory services, Kathleen Parrinello believes that nurse managers must gain a better understanding of nursing care requirements and resources consumed if they want to provide effective and efficient health care. Parinello describes a system for evaluating the nursing care requirements of patients and fitting those requirements to the appropriate level of staff expertise.
Parrinello
K M
KM
University of Rochester Medical Center, NY.
D000553:Ambulatory Care; D001071:Appointments and Schedules; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009736:Nursing Process; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010361:Patients / Q000145:classification*; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce