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

• Main Authors: Santa Giammona (Author), Giuseppe Arena (Author), Michelangelo Calò (Author), Maria Angela Barone (Author), Davide Scelsa (Author), Andrea Lepre (Author), Maria Rosaria Tarantino (Author), Elizabeth A. Schlenk (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: University of Ostrava, 2016-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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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...