Abstract
Adequate nurse staffing is a standard for healthy work environments. An innovative, system-wide, budget-neutral, voluntary approach to increase staffing flexibility was implemented. The program has improved nurse perception of adequate staffing and reduced costs by $1.5 million over 3 years without negatively impacting quality indicators or nurse turnover.
Sigma Membership
Beta Nu
Lead Author Affiliation
WakeMed Health and Hospitals, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Type
Presentation
Format Type
Text-based Document
Study Design/Type
N/A
Research Approach
N/A
Keywords:
Acute Care Facility, Flexible Staffing, Perception of Adequate Staffing
Recommended Citation
Woltz, Patricia and Knight, Dianna D., "Transforming adequate staffing with a voluntary system-wide nursing reallocation program" (2019). Creating Healthy Work Environments Event Materials. 126.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/chwe/2019/presentations_2019/126
Conference Name
Creating Healthy Work Environments 2019
Conference Host
Sigma Theta Tau International
Conference Location
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Conference Year
2019
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Transforming adequate staffing with a voluntary system-wide nursing reallocation program
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Adequate nurse staffing is a standard for healthy work environments. An innovative, system-wide, budget-neutral, voluntary approach to increase staffing flexibility was implemented. The program has improved nurse perception of adequate staffing and reduced costs by $1.5 million over 3 years without negatively impacting quality indicators or nurse turnover.