When It Really Counts: The Art of Matching Nurse Staffing to Nurse Workload.

Methods: The NWA was evaluated using both quantitative and qualitative methods. The American Nurses Association's Principles for Nurse Staffing provided a conceptual framework with 5 core principles: healthcare consumer, interprofessional teams, workplace culture, practice environment, and evaluation.

Results: Units met average staffing needs based on NWA 96% to 99% of the evaluation period.

Implementing a Care-Based Nursing Workforce Model: Implications for Missed Care, Teamwork, and Satisfaction.

Background: Nursing care delivery models may serve as a significant factor contributing to nurse satisfaction, frequency of missed care, and patient outcomes.

Local Problem: The nursing leadership team at our institution sought to determine if an adaptation of our primary registered nurse (RN) nursing model would enhance satisfaction of bedside nurses and care of patients.

Methods: An improvement study introducing a care-based delivery model was implemented between January 2023 and January 2024 on a medical-surgical neurology/spinal unit at our organization.

Using Brainstorming and Affinity Diagramming for Recommending a Care-Based Nursing Workforce Model.

Background: Nursing care delivery models influence nursing workload.

Problem: Poorly designed nursing workforce models may lead to lack of satisfaction in practice, inability to recruit staff, and nursing turnover.

Approach: This paper describes a process that our team undertook to evaluate one nursing unit's nursing care delivery model and provides a recommendation for a nursing workforce model that ensures practice to top of scope while maintaining a balanced workload.

Workforce Engagement for Compassionate Advocacy, Resilience, and Empowerment (WE CARE): An Evidence-Based Wellness Program.

Poor well-being and burnout among the nursing workforce were heightened by the COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to deliver, spread, and sustain an evidence-based wellness program, Workforce Engagement for Compassionate Advocacy, Resilience, and Empowerment (WE CARE), for nurse leaders, staff registered nurses (RNs), and patient care technicians (PCTs) to ameliorate or prevent burnout, promote resilience, and improve the work environment. The program included Community Resiliency Model (CRM) training provided by a certified 6-member wellness team.