Surge staffing across care settings

Abstract

Learn how to augment staffing during a pandemic surge. Through tiered surge staffing based on The Society of Critical Care Medicine and AACN guidelines, a rapid cross training across geographical locations and care settings. Staffing surge requirements experienced during COVID 19 were unlike any seen before and impacted different geographical and care settings. Preparation and implementation occurred in summer 2020.

Authors

Beverly Carrington

Author Details

Beverly Carrington, DNP, RN, NEA-BC, Baylor Scott & White Health, Taylor, Texas, USA

Sigma Membership

Chi Alpha at-Large

Lead Author Affiliation

Baylor Scott & White Medical Center - Taylor, Taylor, Texas, USA

Type

Poster

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

N/A

Research Approach

N/A

Keywords:

COVID-19, Cross Training, Staffing

Recommended Citation

Carrington, Beverly, "Surge staffing across care settings" (2021). Creating Healthy Work Environments Event Materials. 110.
https://www.sigmarepository.org/chwe/2021/posters_2021/110

Conference Name

Creating Healthy Work Environments 2021

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Virtual Event

Conference Year

2021

Rights Holder

All rights reserved by the author(s) and/or publisher(s) listed in this item record unless relinquished in whole or part by a rights notation or a Creative Commons License present in this item record.

All permission requests should be directed accordingly and not to the Sigma Repository.

All submitting authors or publishers have affirmed that when using material in their work where they do not own copyright, they have obtained permission of the copyright holder prior to submission and the rights holder has been acknowledged as necessary.

Review Type

Abstract Review Only: Reviewed by Event Host

Acquisition

Proxy-submission