Author:
Walker Kim,Donoghue Judith,Mitten-Lewis Suzanne
Abstract
The increasing number of inexperienced graduates,
as well as other levels of nurse such as the
enrolled nurse and assistant-in-nursing, requires
health service and nursing managers in the acute
care sector to rethink the long-preferred ?patient
allocation? model of care provision. As well, the
escalating shortage of registered nurses and subsequent
low morale among those remaining in the
workforce require hospitals to re-examine skills mix
and staffing ratios. This paper presents the results
of two work-sampling studies conducted in a major
metropolitan private hospital, the first of which was
to provide a rationale for changing from the patient
allocation model to a team model of care. The
second study aimed to evaluate and provide data
on the impact of the change. Staff were heavily
involved in both studies as well as the change
process. The findings highlight how effective the
new model has been in redistributing certain
aspects of care to make better use of each nurse
level?s knowledge and skills.
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