Staffing
Determining appropriate nurse staffing is a challenge in all oncology care settings as there is no current evidence supporting specific ratios. However, there are resources available to assist in planning staffing.
Staffing and Nurse Practice Environments
Research has demonstrated a correlation between nurse staffing ratios, nurse practice environments and patient outcomes, both in a general as well as oncology population. |
Safe Staffing Legislation
Nurse staffing legislation has been discussed on both the state and federal level. ANA supports this type of legislation and a variety of laws have been passed. |
Oncology Staffing
There are currently no published standards for nurse-patient ratios in oncology settings. However, tools for determining staffing in oncology settings are beginning to become available. |
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General Considerations
Many of the staffing resources are more general and meant to apply across healthcare settings and specialty areas.
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Inpatient
Most inpatient staffing information is more general and only beginning to address oncology specific needs.
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Ambulatory
Nursing workload models to determine adequate staffing has been the focus of most work related to oncology ambulatory settings.
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Radiation Oncology
Staffing models and recommendations for radiation oncology settings are just beginning to be developed.
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Staffing References
Get a full set of references related to staffing in this section. |