Applying science and strategy to operating room workforce management.
Nurs Econ
; 30(5): 275-81, 2012.
Article
em En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-23198610
ABSTRACT
The traditional means of planning nurse staffing for operating rooms are either poorly translated to the setting or do not provide decision makers with a platform to defend their needs, especially in an era of health care reform. The surgical operations department of the Cleveland Clinic initiated a quality improvement project aimed at applying a scientific method to operating room staffing. One goal was to provide a defensible plan for allocating direct caregiver positions. A second goal was to provide a quick and easy way for nurse managers and directors to track positions and graphically depict the effect of vacancies and orientation on their staffing budgets. Using an objective, scientific method allows position requests to be approved quickly and allows managers to feel much more comfortable functioning in a "lean" mode because they know needed positions will be approved quickly. Managers and directors also have found that graphically depicting numbers of vacant positions, as well as staff in orientation, could quickly relate a story visually rather than getting "bogged down" in narrative (often losing finance administrators along the way).
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Enfermagem de Centro Cirúrgico
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Salas Cirúrgicas
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Admissão e Escalonamento de Pessoal
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Gráficos por Computador
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Técnicas de Planejamento
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
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Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
Article