Predictive staffing in health care: Solving the nurse burnout crisis
The way hospitals traditionally staff is burning out nurses and killing patients.
A single call-in or unanticipated census spike creates heavier patient loads for front-line nurses. Research published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that surgical patients have a 31 percent increased likelihood of death within 30 days in hospitals with 8:1 nurse-to-patient ratios, compared to those with the optimal 4:1 ratio.
Further, when nurses were asked why …
Predictive staffing in health care: Solving the nurse burnout crisis
