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Mandatory staffing ratios for nurses in California was implemented in 2004 in effort to improve the quality of care as well as nurse job satisfaction. When nurses have less patients in their care for they give higher quality of care. A study done in California, New Jersey and Pennsylvania based on 22,336 hospital staff nurses and state discharge databases that showed that in California, where there is mandatory staffing ratios it had lower patient mortality. Moreover, the study found that in California there was more job satisfaction and less burnouts.
Self-scheduling allows for nurses to chose when they are available without the scheduling system of a manager. Self-scheduling for nurses accommodates their daily life and makes them feel happy about being at the job because they choose the times and days they work. There are still certain rules they must follow even with self scheduling. “Nurses schedule their shifts under certain conditions and parameters such as requirements for working a certain number of week-end shifts and ensuring scheduling meets patient census predictions” (Russell, 2012).
A nurse's schedule can directly impact patient care and health.A nurse who is stressed because of low staffing levels and overworked due to poor scheduling makes more errors and can become burnt out.To help alleviate the stress of staffing for nurses for nurse managers ,several different staffing models have been created to streamline the process and provide the best care for the hospital patients.Self scheduling increasing predictability and flexibility of the nursing schedule and at the same time ,freeing the nurse manager for other tasks.It enhances the communication and interactions in the work environment..It empowering the nurses increasing their control to balance their personal and professional lives.It gives the nurses more control over their time,hence enhancing their lives and freeing them better patient care.
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please reply to this post and ask one question regarding to this post. The nursing profession is so diverse when it comes to scheduling. Depending in the area of discipline you work it will come with different demands. Some facilities carry out different shifts such as twelve hours shifts and in others a nurse may work a shorter shift such as an eight hour shift. Most nurses these days work three days with twelve hour shifts in a week. Patient...
Discuss TWO of the following staffing/scheduling practices and how they can support patient care: centralized versus decentralized scheduling self-scheduling 6-8-10-12-hour shifts overtime mandatory staffing ratios staffing by acuity/patient classification systems use of in-house float pools, temporary staffing agencies, and traveling nurses. Discuss organizational policies that help to support fair/equitable staffing practices, including holiday scheduling.
please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: Quality improvement is the uses of all of the interdisciplinary teams involved in patient care to come together to ensure that the best care is provided to the patient (Moran & Johnson, 1992). The nurses are an essential role to the quality improvement team as they are the ones in direct contact with the patients and are able to bring issues to all members of the team to...
Mandatory nurse-to-patient ratios is one controversial method of addressing nurse staffing and quality of care. In 300 words or fewer, describe the mandated ratios you investigated and the rationales given for the mandate, how the ratios are determined, and the impact the implemented ratios have had on the quality of care and nurse retention.
please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: Lobbying is essential to the growth of the nursing profession. As nursing professionals, it is our responsibility to be involved in advocating for patient safety, standards of care, and healthy work environments (Lockhart, 2017). Nurses can participate in local or state organizations to help voice concerns of engaged professionals. A nurse can assume a leadership position in the healthcare system or contact elected officials. Collectively, nurses have the...
please reply back to this post and ask one question regarding this post: Nurses work directly with patients and therefore are directly involved in almost all aspects of hospital quality. Nurses do patient care, medication administration and management and they assist with surgeries. All these task require the nurse to data collect and report which are required for quality control and improvement. “The demand for quality improvement in hospitals is ever increasing due to federal government mandates” (TRNQI, 2017). Reported...
please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: Nurses are faced with a number of ethical dilemmas every day. There will be many cases in which a nurse will have to refer to nursing code of ethic to deal with these challenging decisions. "The Code of Ethics is the social contract that nurses have which exemplifies our profession's promise to provide and advocate for safe, quality care for all patients” (ANA, 2001). As nurses we must...
please reply back to this post & ask one question regarding this post: Provision 3 of the Code of Ethics for Nurses states "the Nurse promotes, advocates for, and strives to protect the health, safety, and rights of the patient". When I am working as a RN, these provision is something that I need to practice and accomplish everyday. Nurses are patient advocates and we accomplish this by educating our patients to ensure they are making informed decisions, involving the...
please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: I believe nurses as lobbyists are essential to the growth of nursing as a profession. Nurses who lobby and push for political change in healthcare do it to advocate for their patients, change in practice issues, and to advocate for the nursing profession. Nursing is the number one trusted profession; they perform direct patient care and can offer a point of view that others in politics cannot. In...
please reply to this post and ask one question regarding this post: Evidence-based practice (EBP) is based on a systematic search of the most current best evidence in making decisions about patient care and improving patient outcomes (Academy of Medical Surgical Nurses, 2018). EBP is becoming the standard of nursing care. One example of the use of Chlorhexidine Gluconate (CHG) bath to reduce healthcare-acquired infections. The rate of acquisition of multi-drug resistant organism lowered by 21% and the rate of...