Defining adequacy of staffing in general hospital wards: a Delphi study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To gain consensus on the items that determine adequacy of shift staffing.

Design

This was a three-round Delphi study to establish consensus on what defines adequacy of shift staffing in a general hospital ward. A literature review, focus group and five semistructured expert interviews were used to generate items for the Delphi study.

Setting

Multicentre study in The Netherlands.

Participants

Nurses, head nurses, nursing managers, and capacity consultants and managers working for Dutch hospitals.

Results

Twenty-six items were included in the Delphi study. One hundred and sixty-eight, 123 and 93 participants were included in the first, second and third round, respectively. After three rounds, six items were included (mostly related to direct pat

SUBMITTER: van der Mark CJEM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9351332 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature