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Table 2 Operationalization of the subsystem of acquiring, deploying and maintaining nursing resources

From: Conceptualizing performance of nursing care as a prerequisite for better measurement: a systematic and interpretive review

Acquiring, deploying and maintaining nursing resources

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

29

30

31

# models

1. Nursing staff supply

                                

Quantity/intensity

1

   

1

1

 

1

 

1

1

1

 

1

 

1

  

1

  

1

 

1

1

1

  

1

1

1

17

Quality (training, experience)

 

1

  

1

 

1

1

 

1

1

1

 

1

 

1

 

1

1

  

1

1

 

1

1

1

  

1

1

18

Skill mix

1

   

1

1

 

1

 

1

1

  

1

 

1

 

1

1

  

1

1

1

1

1

  

1

1

1

18

Patient classification systems

1

   

1

1

1

 

1

 

1

1

 

1

 

1

  

1

      

1

 

1

   

12

2. Working conditions

                                

a. Support resources

                                

Physical facilities

1

   

1

1

   

1

 

1

   

1

 

1

             

7

Material resources

1

    

1

                   

1

     

3

b. Employment conditions

                                

Stability (Overtime/ agency nurses floating nurses)

               

1

     

1

1

 

1

     

1

5

Workload

1

     

1

      

1

    

1

  

1

1

  

1

1

    

8

3. Staff maintenance

                                

Satisfaction at work

1

    

1

 

1

   

1

 

1

       

1

1

1

      

1

9

Work-related accidents, injuries, illnesses

                      

1

  

1

     

2

Retention/turnover

1

      

1

 

1

 

1

          

1

 

1

   

1

1

1

9

Absenteeism

1

      

1

   

1

   

1

      

1

 

1

      

6

4. Economic sustainability

                                

Cost of resources

1

          

1

              

1

    

3

Cost per case-mix or patient-day

1

  

1

  

1

1

 

1

 

1

     

1

 

1

  

1

 

1

1

     

11

Number of indicators

11

1

0

1

5

6

4

7

1

6

4

9

0

6

0

7

0

4

5

1

0

6

9

3

7

8

3

1

3

4

6

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