Abstract
[This is an excerpt.] Reading Hospital, a 700+ bed acute care hospital in Reading, Pennsylvania, achieved ANCC Magnet Recognition® in 2016. In October 2017, along with the acquisition of five additional hospitals, the organization became part of the Tower Health System. As in many organizations, staffing and scheduling practices can be a source of staff satisfaction or dissatisfaction. In 2014, in an effort to ensure staffing satisfaction, nursing leadership formed a nurse-driven staffing and scheduling committee composed of 50% direct-care RNs. We began our journey focused on safe staffing practices, using the American Nurses Association's principles for nurse staffing as our foundation. [To read more, click View Resource.]
This resource is found in our Actionable Strategies for Health Organizations: Improving Workload & Workflows (Safe & Appropriate Staffing).
