Maximizing Nursing Productivity
Objective: Improving nursing productivity by removing waste and inefficiency in patient care work through streamlined nursing activities, optimal task allocation, and improved staffing management.
Target Problems
- Staffing and demand often misaligned
- Nurses dissatisfied with time spent on indirect care activities, which are spiraling out of control
- Inefficient clinical task delegation that underleverages the RN
- Insufficient accountability for meeting productivity targets
Average Partner Results
- 5% to 10% reduction in nursing costs per patient day
- 20% decrease in overtime costs
- 5% to 8% reduction in HPPD
- Increased direct care activities improving retention