Nursing workload and staff allocation in an Italian hospital: a quality improvement initiative based on nursing care score

Aim: To develop, implement, and evaluate a Nursing Care Score (NCS) system, built into the electronic health record, to optimize nursing workload and staff allocation. Design: A quality improvement (QI) initiative with a pre- and post-implementation design was conducted by an interprofessional team...

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Main Authors: Santa Giammona, Giuseppe Arena, Michelangelo Calò, Maria Angela Barone, Davide Scelsa, Andrea Lepre, Maria Rosaria Tarantino, Elizabeth A. Schlenk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Ostrava 2016-05-01
Series:Central European Journal of Nursing and Midwifery
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Online Access: http://periodika.osu.cz/cejnm/dok/2016-02/10-giammona-et-al.pdf