Journal article
A statistical method for predicting postanesthesia care unit staffing needs
AORN journal, Vol.65(5), pp.947-947,950,953,957
05/1997
DOI: 10.1016/S0001-2092(06)62977-3
PMID: 9145170
Abstract
When predicting staffing requirements for postanesthesia care units (PACUs), nurse managers are expected to satisfy standards, meet patient care needs, staff PACUs to accommodate surgeons' and facilities' needs, and contain costs. The authors present a statistical method that offers reliability and accuracy in forecasting future patient numbers and related PACU staffing requirements. Nurse managers can use this method to decide how frequently they will satisfy staffing standards, how many shifts of RNs to schedule each day, and how many months in the future to schedule staff members. Future peak numbers of patients for each daily shift are based on previous daily peak numbers of patients, and staffing requirements can be planned from these predicted peak numbers of patients, using a facility's PACU staffing standards.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- A statistical method for predicting postanesthesia care unit staffing needs
- Creators
- F Dexter - Department of Anesthesia, University of Iowa, Iowa City, USA. franklin-dexter@uiowa.eduH Rittenmeyer
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- AORN journal, Vol.65(5), pp.947-947,950,953,957
- Publisher
- United States
- DOI
- 10.1016/S0001-2092(06)62977-3
- PMID
- 9145170
- ISSN
- 0001-2092
- eISSN
- 1878-0369
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 05/1997
- Academic Unit
- Health Management and Policy; Anesthesia
- Record Identifier
- 9983806284502771
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