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Patient Complexity Factors And Their Influence On Nurses' Perception Of Staffing Adequacy, Margaret M. Duffy
Patient Complexity Factors And Their Influence On Nurses' Perception Of Staffing Adequacy, Margaret M. Duffy
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Nurse leaders must consider the influence of nurse-specific and patient-specific factors on nursing workload and nurses’ perception of staffing adequacy when developing nurse staffing plans. All of the factors that influence individual nurses’ perception of staffing adequacy are not known. Using a synthesis of the Roy Adaptation Model (RAM) and economic theory as a guiding model, the purpose of the current study was to determine if selected patient complexity factors that are not consistently captured in the measurement of patient acuity by an automated workforce management system influence nurses’ perception of staffing adequacy. The current study employed a complex predictive …