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Prospectus For Creating A Nurse Suggestive Acuity-Based Staffing Model In Ambulatory Infusion Settings To Improve Patient Safety And Quality Of Care, Yongli Qiu

Master's Projects and Capstones

Due to the lack of reliable and valid infusion nurse suggestive acuity-based staffing model, ambulatory infusion settings are burden with potentially compromised patient safety, poor quality of patient care with over-scheduling of unexpected complex patients, limited resources related to nurses and infusion chairs, the dissatisfaction of patients and family members, and infusion nurses’ burn out. This project seeks to determine the appropriate nurse to patient acuity-based point ratio in staffing and scheduling factors that influence nurse staffing model, and established nurse staffing strategies. This three-month project was conducted with the infusion nurses, a nurse manager, a nurse supervisor, an assistant …