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Explore how the 'Leading Better Care' toolkit can aid in managing nursing workload and workforce, crucial for safe and efficient patient care. Learn the importance of measuring workload, factors influencing it, and the impact on patient outcomes. Discover how NHS experiences shape workforce and workload planning for better healthcare delivery.
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Nursing Workload and Workforce Planning Introduction to Nursing & Midwifery Workload
Introduction • Leading Better Care - repositions the SCN as ‘ visible embodiment of clinical leadership’ SCN role as pivotal in delivering safe and effective care • Education Framework • Toolkit supports learning and development: Dimension 3; To manage and develop the performance of the team, Capability 3:3 Managing the practice setting • The Toolkit: • developed as a work-based guide to support workforce planning issues relevant to the role • offers the opportunity to develop an understanding of workload and workforce planning and help with the use of workload measurement tools
CQI Policies etc. HR Support SPSP NNMWWP Tools & Methodologies Analysis SCN Workforce RTC Effective Use of Resources Occupancy Data etc. SCN Role Workload Measurement Establishment Setting Skill Mix/Rostering Time Out/Predicated Absence Budgets/Financial Management Information Services Educational Framework Education Toolkit
Context • Nurses and midwives comprise the largest part of the NHSScotland workforce • Planning Ward Nursing – Legacy or Design (Audit Scotland, 2002) • decisions about staffing levels were based on traditional practices, rather than current evidence • Nursing and Midwifery Workforce Planning Project (SEHD, 2004) • recommendations on methods used to calculate ward nursing establishment
Why is Measuring Nursing & Midwifery Workload Important? • critical to support workforce planning • provides information about how clinical time is used • need to capture accurate data to describe the work that nurses do • relationship between nursing workload and patient outcomes • efficient decision making requires standardised, accurate and timely operational management information • presents opportunities for nurses
Factors Influencing Nursing & Midwifery Workload • patient’s condition • characteristics of the care provider • elective and emergency admissions • turnover • length of stay • nursing interventions • different patterns of medical treatment • work environment • scope of professional practice