Staffing Management and Methods: Tools and Techniques for Nurse Leaders / Edition 1

by AONE Series, Maryann F. Fralic

Overview

No other resource can affect patient care as much as nurse staffing. With this indispensable guide, nurse managers will increase the precision around nurse staffing by assessing new designs and implementing new approaches.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780787955366
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	05/02/2000
Series:	J-B AHA Press , #40
Edition description:	1ST
Pages:	256
Product dimensions:	6.02(w) x 8.96(h) x 0.64(d)

About the Author

AONE MANAGEMENT SERIES The American Organization of Nurse Executives' (AONE) mission is to represent nurse leaders who improve health care. The more than 4,000 members share the vision to shape the future of health care through innovative nursing leadership.

MARYANNE FRALIC, RN, DrPh, FAAN, is professor and director, corporate and foundation relations, the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing. An international author, lecturer, and consultant in health care and nursing administration, she serves as executive advisor for the Nursing Executive Center of the Advisory Board Company, Washington, D.C.

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Mary L. Fisher, PhD, RN, CNAA (Indiana University School of Nursing)
Description: This is part of the AONE Management Series designed to update working nurse executives on contemporary management topics. Staffing management is the topic of this edition.
Purpose: Staffing is viewed as a barometer of the overall health of our nation's healthcare system. This book is designed to be an overview of resource management with a focus on staffing systems. Multiple authors present their best practices across clinical settings and geographic regions. Such a book is needed and timely, given the recurring and current nursing shortage.
Audience: Nurse managers are the intended audience. The contributors are all practicing nurse executives with practical recommendations on the subject. The editor is internationally known and adds a credible vision to the design of the book.
Features: The editor traverses the subject of staffing plans, the principles of resource management, and provides case studies to illustrate what the book purports to be — "best practices." No authority or governing body sanction is given for these "best practices," so readers must judge their efficacy for themselves. Noticeably absent is a serious discussion on FTE calculation. Also, the methodology for calculating nursing hour per productivity unit is minimally addressed.
Assessment: This is a welcome addition, especially given readers' heightened awareness of staffing concerns related to a current nursing shortage. The case is made for effective staffing philosophies that allow for optimizing quality of patient care in a cost-effective manner. The push-pull of these conflicting needs is well addressed.

Doody's Review Service

3 Stars from Doody

This is part of the AONE Management Series designed to update working nurse executives on contemporary management topics. Staffing management is the topic of this edition. Staffing is viewed as a barometer of the overall health of our nation's healthcare system. This book is designed to be an overview of resource management with a focus on staffing systems. Multiple authors present their best practices across clinical settings and geographic regions. Such a book is needed and timely, given the recurring and current nursing shortage. Nurse managers are the intended audience. The contributors are all practicing nurse executives with practical recommendations on the subject. The editor is internationally known and adds a credible vision to the design of the book. The editor traverses the subject of staffing plans, the principles of resource management, and provides case studies to illustrate what the book purports to be -- ""best practices."" No authority or governing body sanction is given for these ""best practices,"" so readers must judge their efficacy for themselves. Noticeably absent is a serious discussion on FTE calculation. Also, the methodology for calculating nursing hour per productivity unit is minimally addressed. This is a welcome addition, especially given readers' heightened awareness of staffing concerns related to a current nursing shortage. The case is made for effective staffing philosophies that allow for optimizing quality of patient care in a cost-effective manner. The push-pull of these conflicting needs is well addressed.

Mary L. Fisher

Presents the science of nurse staffing and illustrates different types of situations in which decisions about staffing are made. Confronts personal and emotional issues of nurse staffing directly, sharing nurse executives' responses to challenges of staffing. Chapters are written from specific perspectives of the staffing function. Each offers an approach, a method, examples, or a plan for a particular dimension of staffing. Focus is on practice rather than theory. Useful for nurse managers and nurse executives, and for students in nursing service administration. Fralic teaches nursing at Johns Hopkins University. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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