Increasing nursing hours without increasing nurses: a natural experiment at an academic medical center.
The compensation plans at many hospitals do not encourage nurses to provide the maximum number or hours at the lowest possible costs. The authors discuss a compensation method that increased nursing hours while decreasing nursing costs. This effort was achieved with the support of the overwhelming majority of the nursing staff.
Lambrinos
James
J
School of Management, Graduate College of Union University, Schenectady, NY, USA.
LaPosta
Mary Jo
MJ
Cohen
Allison
A
D000046:Academic Medical Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009518:New York; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000639:trends*