Staffing accommodations to hospital unit admissions.

This study of the flow of patients through five general medical units in a 750-bed medical center described the relentless and unpredictable demand for nursing services (with 80% of the admissions coming from the emergency department) and the resulting costs in terms of supplementary staffing and ov...

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Published in:Nursing Economic$ Vol. 8; no. 5; pp. 314 - 319
Main Author: Walker EK
Format: research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Jannetti Publications, Inc. Sep/Oct90
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