title: Nursing is the room rate.
abstract: Shrinking dollars increase the need for health care stakeholders to clearly understand nursing's worth. For nursing to assure an adequate investment in nurses, it needs to articulate its value drivers. Nursing revenue offers a data source that reflects stakeholder choices and patient needs. The daily nursing billing supports hospital payment and provides cost data, important for hospital financial decision making. This revenue is a tangible asset reflecting nursing value and can be used to justify an investment in the profession. Nursing leadership can use this daily nursing charge data to monitor and measure the impact of efficiencies related to patient care.
authors.affiliation: Nova Southeastern University Boca Raton, FL, USA.
authors.forename: Marcella M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Rutherford
mesh_terms: D004471:Economics, Nursing; D004496:Education, Continuing; D007348:Insurance, Health; D007857:Leadership