Closed-unit staffing speaks volumes

Nurs Manage. 1999 Jun;30(6):37-9; quiz 40. doi: 10.1097/00006247-199906000-00007.

Abstract

Providing the right staff mix for a highly fluctuating patient census challenges most nurse managers. Read how one hospital implemented a closed-unit staffing model to better serve its patients and control staffing costs.

MeSH terms

  • Bed Occupancy*
  • Cost Control
  • Cost-Benefit Analysis
  • Hospital Units / organization & administration*
  • Humans
  • Models, Nursing*
  • Nursing Administration Research
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital / economics
  • Nursing Staff, Hospital / supply & distribution*
  • Nursing, Supervisory / organization & administration
  • Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / organization & administration*
  • Quality of Health Care
  • Workload*