Budgeting
Finkler, S.A. (2008). Budgeting Concepts for Nurse Managers 4th ed., St. Louis, MO: Saunders Elsevier.
Hoffman, F.M. (1984). Financial Management for Nurse Managers. Norwalk, CT: Appleton-Century-Crofts.
Porter-O'Grady, T. (1987). Nursing Finance: Budgeting Strategies for a New Age. Rockville, MD: Aspen Publishers, Inc.
Waxman, KT. (2008). A Practical Guide to Finance and Budgeting. Marblehead, MA: HCPro, Inc.
Nurse Sensitive Indicators and Outcome Measures
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality: www.ahrq.gov
Aiken, L. H., Clarke, S. P., Cheung, R. B., Sloane, D. M., & Silber, J. H. (2003). Educational levels of hospital nurses and surgical patient mortality. Journal of the American Medical Association, 290 (12), 1617-1623.
Aiken, L. H., Clarke, S. P., Sloane, D. M., Sochalski, J., Silber, J. H. (2002). Hospital nurse staffing and patient mortality, nurse burnout, and job dissatisfaction. JAMA, 288(16), 1987-1993.
Alonso-Echanove, J., Edwards, J. R., Richards, M. J., Brennan, P., Venezia, R. A., Keen, J., et al. (2003). Effect of nurse staffing and antimicrobial-impregnated central venous catheters on the risk for bloodstream infections in intensive care units. Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology, 24(12), 916-925.
Aydin, C. E., Burnes Bolton, L., Donaldson, N., et.al. (2004). Creating and Analyzing a Statewide Nursing Quality Measurement Database. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 36 (4), 371-378.
Blegen, M. A., Goode, C. J., Reed, L. (1998). Nurse staffing and patient outcomes. Nursing Research, 47(1), 43-50.
Bond, C., Raehl, C., Petterle, M., Franke, T. (1999). Health care professional staffing, hospital characteristics, and hospital mortality rates. Pharmacotherapy 19:130-138.
Burnes Bolton, L., Aydin, C. E., Donaldson, N., et.al. ( 2007, November). Mandated Nurse Staffing Ratios in California: A Comparison of Staffing and Nursing-Sensitive Outcomes Pre- and Postregulation. Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice. 8 (4), 238-250.
Burnes Bolton, L., Adin, C. E., Donaldson, N. et.al. (2003). Nurse Staffing and Patient Perceptions of Nursing Care. Journal of Nursing Administration. 33 (11), 607-614.
Cho, S. H., Ketefian, S., Barkauskas, V. H., and Smith, D. G. (2003). The effects of nurse staffing on adverse events, morbidity, mortality, and medical costs. Nursing Research, 52(2), 71-79.
Clarke, S. P., Aiken, L. H. (2003). Registered nurse staffing and patient and nurse outcomes in hospitals: A commentary . Policy, Politics and Nursing Practice, 4(2), 104-111.
Donaldson, N., Burnes Bolton, L., Brown, D. S., et.al. (2005, April). Leveraging Nurse-related Dashboard Benchmarks to Expedite Performance Improvement and Document Excellence. Journal of Nursing Administration. 35 (4), 163-172.
Donaldson, N., Burnes Bolton, L., Aydin, C., et.al. (2005, August). Impact of California's Licensed Nurse-Patient Ratios on Unit-Level Nurse Staffing and Patient Outcomes. Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice. 6 (3), 198-201.
Douglas, K., Kerfoot, K. (2008, October). Applying a systems thinking model for effective staffing. Nurse Leader. 52-55.
Dunton, N., Gajewski, B., Taunton, R. L., and Moore, J. (2004). Nurse staffing and patient falls on acute care hospital units. Nursing Outlook, 52(1), 53-59.
Estabrooks, C.A., Midodzi, W., Cummings, G., Ricker, K.L., and Giovannetti, P. (2005). The Impact of hospital nursing characteristics on 30-day mortality. Nursing Research, 54(2), 74-84.
Gallagher, R. M., Kany, K. A., Rowell, P. A., and Peterson, C. (1999). ANA's nurse staffing principles. American Journal of Nursing, 99(4), 50, 52-53.
Hospital Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (HCAHPS): www.hcahpsonline.org
Institute for Healthcare Improvement: Campaign Materials (includes information re: prevention of pressure ulcers, MRSA, etc.) http://www.ihi.org/IHI/Programs/Campaign/Campaign.htm?TabId=2
Institute for Safe Medication Practices: www.ismp.org
Joint Commission Measure Reserve Library: http://www.jointcommission.org/PerformanceMeasurement/MeasureReserveLibrary/
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations. (2002). Health Care at the Crossroads: Strategies for Addressing the Evolving Nursing Crisis. Oak Brook Terrace, IL: JCAHO.
Kovner, C., and Gergen, P.J. (1998). Nurse staffing levels and adverse events following surgery in U.S. hospitals. Image: Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 30(4), 315-321.
Kovner, C., Jones, C., Zhan, C., Gergen, P. J., and Basu, J. (2002). Nurse staffing and postsurgical adverse events: An analysis of administrative data from a sample of U.S. Hospitals, 1990-1996. Health Services Research, 37(3), 611-629.
Lichtig, L.K., Knauf, R.A., Milholland, D.K. (1999). Some impacts of nursing on acute care hospital outcomes. Journal of Nursing Administration 29 (2), 25-33.
Mamaril, ME (2003). Standards of perianesthesia nursing practice: advocating patient safety. Journal of Perianasethesia Nursing 18(3), 168-172.
Marcin, J. P., Rutan, E., Rapetti, P. M., Brown, J. P., Rahnamayi, R., and Pretzlaff, R. K. (2005). Nurse staffing and unplanned extubation in the pediatric intensive care unit. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine, 6(3), 254-257.
McGillis Hall, L., Doran, D., and Pink, G. H. (2004). Nurse staffing models, nursing hours, and patient safety outcomes. Journal of Nursing Administration, 34(1), 41-45.
Morse, JM (2002) Enhancing the safety of hospitalization by reducing patient falls. American Journal of Infection Control. 30 (6), 376-380.
Morse, JM. (1997). Preventing Patient Falls. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage.
National Quality Forum (2004), National Voluntary Consensus Standards for Nursing-Sensitive Care. Accessed at http://www.qualityforum.org/txNCFINALpublic.pdf
Needleman, J., Buerhaus, P., Mattke, S., Stewart, M., and Zelevinsky, K. (2002a). Nurse-staffing levels and the quality of care in hospitals. New England Journal of Medicine, 346(22), 1715-1722.
Needleman, J., Buerhaus, P., Mattke, S., Stewart, M., and Zelevinsky, K. (2002b) Nurse Staffing and Quality of Care in Hospitals in the United States. Policy Politics Nursing Practice, 3: 306 - 308.
Needleman, J., Buerhaus, P. I., Stewart, M., Zelevinsky, K., and Mattke, S. (2006). Nurse staffing in hospitals: Is there a business case for quality? Health Affairs, 25 (1): 204-11.
Page, A. (Ed.), Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses. Washington, DC: National Academies Press.
Person, P., Kiege, Weaver, Williams, Cantor et al. (2004). Nurse staffing and mortality for Medicare patients with acute myocardial infarction. Medical Care, 42 (1), 4-12.
Pronovost, P. J., Dang, D., Dorman, T., Lipsett, P. A., Garrett, E., Jenckes, M., et al. (2001). Intensive care unit nurse staffing and the risk for complications after abdominal aortic surgery. Effectiveness in Clinical Practice, 4(5), 199-206.
Pronovost, P. J., Jenckes, M. W., Dorman, T., Garrett, E., Breslow, M. J., Rosenfeld, B. A., et al. (1999). Organizational characteristics of intensive care units related to outcomes of abdominal aortic surgery. Journal of the American Medical Association, 281(14), 1310-1317.
Rothberg, M.B., Abraham, I., Lindenauer, P.K. and Rose, D.N. (2005). Improving nurse-to-patient staffing ratios as a cost-effective safety intervention. Medical Care, 43 (8), 785-91.
Sovie, M. D., and Jawad, A.F. (2001) Hospital restructuring and its impact on outcomes: Nursing staff regulations are premature. Journal of Nursing Administration, 34(12), 588-600.
Tourangeau, A. E., Giovannetti, P., Tu, J. V., and Wood, M. (2002). Nursing-related determinants of 30-day mortality for hospitalized patients. Canadian Journal of Nursing Research, 33(4), 71-88.
Staffing and Scheduling
Bailyn, L., Collins, R., et al. (2007). Self-scheduling for hospital nurses: an attempt and its difficulties. Journal of Nursing Management, 12(1), 72-77.
Barger, L. K., Lockley, S. W., Rajaratnam, S. M., Landrigan, C. P. (2009). Neurobehavioral, health, and safety consequences associated with shift work in safety-sensitive professions. Current Neurology and Neurosciences Reports, 9(2), 155-164.
Berryman, P., Lukes, E., Keller, S.M., (2009, Nov 27). Effects of extended work shifts and shift work on patient safety, productivity, and employee health. American Association of Occupational Health Nurses Journal, 1-6.
Downton, S. (2008). How does your institution help you maintain work-life balance? Self-scheduling enables staff to pick shifts that work for them. ONS Connection, 23(4),13.
Geiger-Brown, J., Trinkoff, A. M., (2010). Is it time to pull the plug on 12-hour shifts? Part1 – The evidence. Journal of Nursing Administration, 40(3). 100-102.
Lawrenz Consulting. (September 2000). Admission, Discharges, and Transfers. Perspective on Staffing & Scheduling, XVIX (5), 1-4.
Lorenz, S. (2008). 12 Hour shifts: an ethical dilemma for the nurse executive. Journal of Nursing Administration, 38(6), 297-301.
Mark, B. A., Salyer, J., et al. (2002). What explains nurses' perceptions of staffing adequacy? Journal of Nursing Administration, 32(5), 234-242.
Montgomery, K. L., Geiger-Brown, J. (2010). Is it time to pull the plug on 12-hour shifts? Part 2 – Barriers to change and executive leadership strategies. Journal of Nursing Administration, 40(4). 147-149.
Richardson, A., Turnock, C., Harris, L., Finley, A., Carson, S. (2007). A study examining the impact of 12-hour shifts on critical care staff. Journal of Nursing Administration, 15, 838-846.
Rogers, A. Wei-Ting, H., Scott, L., Aiken, L., Dinges, D., (2004). The working hours of hospital staff nurses and patient safety. Health Affairs, 23(4), 202-212.
Scott, L. D., Hwang, W. T., Rogers, A. E., Nysse, T., Dean, G. E., Dinges, D. F. (2007). The relationship between nurse work schedules, sleep duration, and drowsy driving. Sleep, 30(12), 1801-1807.
Scott, L. D., Rogers, A. E., Hwang, W. T., Zhang, Y. (2006). Effects of critical care nurses' work hours on vigilance and patient safety. American Journal of Critical Care, 15(1), 30-37.
Valentine, N. M., Jash, J., et al. (2008). Achieving effective staffing through a shared decision-making approach to open-shift management. Journal of Nursing Management, 38(7-8), 331-335.
Staffing Committee Effectiveness
Scholtes, P.R., Joiner, B.L., Streibel, B.J. (2003). The Team Handbook 3rd ed., Oriel, Inc.
