Flexible nurse staffing in hospital wards: the effects on costs and patient outcomes
Flexible nurse staffing in hospital wards: the effects on costs and patient outcomes
With nursing shortages and pressure to increase efficiency, hospital managers still need to ensure safe staffing levels in hospital wards. This means that resorting to flexible staffing resources is often necessary and could be beneficial. These resources can include agency nurses, overtime or the establishment of float teams to meet varying demand. However, there is uncertainty about the impacts for patients and organisational outcomes such as costs. This brief reports on evidence of the effect of flexible staffing.
rostering, shift work, nursing administration research, Health Policy, health service management, human resources management
Dall'ora, Chiara
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Griffiths, Peter
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28 February 2017
Dall'ora, Chiara
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Griffiths, Peter
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Dall'ora, Chiara and Griffiths, Peter
(2017)
Flexible nurse staffing in hospital wards: the effects on costs and patient outcomes.
Evidence Brief, 3 (1).
Abstract
With nursing shortages and pressure to increase efficiency, hospital managers still need to ensure safe staffing levels in hospital wards. This means that resorting to flexible staffing resources is often necessary and could be beneficial. These resources can include agency nurses, overtime or the establishment of float teams to meet varying demand. However, there is uncertainty about the impacts for patients and organisational outcomes such as costs. This brief reports on evidence of the effect of flexible staffing.
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Published date: 28 February 2017
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rostering, shift work, nursing administration research, Health Policy, health service management, human resources management
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