A Missing Consideration: The Psychiatric Patient Classification for Scheduling-Staffing Systems |
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| Authors: | Julianne Morath Roberta Fleischmann Gail Boggs |
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| Affiliation: | President, Patient Care and Chief of Nursing, Roger Williams General Hospital, Providence, RI. She was Director of Nursing at the University of Cincinnati Hospital when this project was initiated.;Roberta Fleischman, RN, BSN, is Research Nurse;Gail Boggs, RN, MSN, is a Clinical Nurse Specialist, University of Cincinnati Hospital, Cincinnati, OH. |
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| Abstract: | The psychiatric nursing department at a university teaching hospital identified the need to develop a management tool to systematically and objectively determine resource requirements (staffing) for unique psychiatric patient populations. A classification methodology was needed for budget development, trending, productivity monitoring, and potentially developing a rich data base for nursing research. A study of existing classification systems found them to be limited for use in psychiatric settings. The psychiatric nursing department designed and implemented a patient classification tool based on biopsychosocial needs manifested by psychiatric patients in acute care settings. |
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