title: Optimal staffing for hospitals: in search of solutions.
abstract: The best staffing models are those that give nurses and other caregivers control and flexibility in their work, say administrators who are fighting higher acuity, tighter budgets and shorter patient stays as well as the threat of staff burnout. Specialty float pools, well-trained students and carefully defined job charters all can ease the strain, staffing experts say.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Darby
mesh_terms: D017598:Efficiency, Organizational; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration; D007587:Job Description; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D018802:Patient-Centered Care / Q000458:organization & administration; D010557:Personnel Administration, Hospital / Q000379:methods*; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000592:standards*; D012456:Salaries and Fringe Benefits; D014481:United States; D016526:Workload