Nursing workforce planning: the key to success.
With the nursing shortage looming and planned growth, not only at the Ottawa Hospital (TOH) but within our region, TOH recognized the need to have a workforce plan that would accurately predict the number of nurses TOH would have to hire annually for three and five years. A review of the literature identified the key steps to take in workforce planning, but there were no models in existence to address the unique characteristics of nursing. A program logic model was used to develop the model and the evaluation framework for the accuracy of its predictions. This evidence-based workforce planning model has had a variance of lt; 5% for each of the past four years; the projected growth was accurately forecasted and has allowed TOH to be proactive in its recruitment initiatives.
Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Ontario.
Cheryl Anne
CA
Smith
D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006739:Hospital Administration / Q000379:methods; D006752:Hospital Planning / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000600:supply & distribution*