Staffing Optimization: Improve Staffing to Improve Nursing Worklife
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Improving the Quality of Nursing Worklife: Using Technology and Human Resources Solutions [Symposium]
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Therese A. Fitzpatrick, PhD, Kaufman Hall & Associates, Skokie, Illinois, USA
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- Alpha Lambda
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Abstract
A growing body of evidence in a wide variety of diverse industries suggests that systematic and scientifically based process improvement that leverages mathematical optimization can produce a myriad of innovative solutions to intractable nurse staffing problems. Logistics science offers new insight into planning and deploying clinical human capital.
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44th Biennial Convention 2017 Theme: Influence Through Action: Advancing Global Health, Nursing, and Midwifery.
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2017-10-16T16:32:12Z
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| Type | Presentation |
| Acquisition | Proxy-submission |
| Review Type | Abstract Review Only: Reviewed by Event Host |
| Format | Text-based Document |
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| Evidence Level | |
| Keywords | Big Data; Labor Optimization; Nurse Staffing |
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| Name | 44th Biennial Convention |
| Host | Sigma Theta Tau International, the Honor Society of Nursing |
| Location | Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
| Date | 2017 |
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