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EHR and developing a staffing acuity tool Staffing is one of the most challenging and tedious decision-making roles a nurse leader fulfills as preparing for the next shift. There are rules and regulations set by the organization in determining how many nurses will be assigned to the unit and how the patient rooms will be delegated. It is estimated that current nursing staffing rates comprises 40% of hospital budgets (Meyer et al., 2020). In this essence, creating optimal nurse assignments is desired to continue to meet standards of quality care, limit incidences and improve patient outcomes (Meyer et al., 2020). Nursing assignments have multiple factors implemented into the decision-making process. These dynamics would include budgeting, operational costs, staff satisfaction rates and pati...
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