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<strong>School</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Nursing</strong> & <strong>Midwifery</strong>, <strong>Trinity</strong> College Dublin: 8 th Annual Interdisciplinary Research <strong>Conference</strong><br />

Transforming Healthcare Through Research, Education & Technology: 7 th – 9 th November 2007<br />

<strong>Conference</strong> <strong>Proceedings</strong><br />

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Implementation <strong>of</strong> recommendations from a <strong>Nursing</strong><br />

Workforce Planning Project in a large Dublin Academic<br />

Teaching Hospital. Workforce planning project in Two Dublin<br />

Academic Teaching Hospitals<br />

Authors: Ms. Philippa Ryan Withero, Acting Nurse Practice<br />

Development Advisor, AMNCH, Tallaght<br />

Tel: 01/4142006 email: phillippa.ryanwithero@amnch.ie<br />

Ms. Deirdre Carey, Insurance Risk and Claims Co-ordinator.<br />

Beaumont Hospital Dublin. Email: deirdrecarey@beaumont.ie<br />

Aim: This purpose <strong>of</strong> this project was to ascertain nursing<br />

workforce requirements in conjunction to patient dependency and<br />

demand for care within the Irish context. The aim <strong>of</strong> the study was<br />

ultimately to determine a method <strong>of</strong> measuring nursing workload in<br />

conjunction with other factors including patient dependency, nursing<br />

activity levels, quality indicators and staffing establishments. In<br />

analysing the data collected a number <strong>of</strong> areas for process<br />

improvement were identified.<br />

Background<br />

A nursing workforce planning project was jointly undertaken by The<br />

Adelaide and Meath Hospitals, Incorporating the National Children's<br />

Hospital, Tallaght and Beaumont Hospital in 2006. The guiding force<br />

<strong>of</strong> this project was to ascertain a method <strong>of</strong> determining nursing<br />

workforce requirements in repsponse to changing patient<br />

requirements for care.<br />

Method<br />

This project firstly involved a review <strong>of</strong> the current literature in<br />

order to determine the most appropriate method <strong>of</strong> nursing<br />

workfoce measurement. Subsequently, the chosen method<br />

consisted <strong>of</strong> four measurements including; patient dependency<br />

measurement, nursing activity analysis, nursing quality audit and<br />

staffing establishments. Each <strong>of</strong> these measures were institiuted in<br />

three clinical areas in each <strong>of</strong> the hospitals involved in the project.<br />

As part <strong>of</strong> this project the project team consulted with a Workforce<br />

Planner in the United Kingdom, Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Keith Hurst. The data was<br />

collected over a period <strong>of</strong> a month and then sent for analysis.<br />

Analysis<br />

All <strong>of</strong> the data collected was transferred into electronic format into<br />

excel files, facilitating the extrapolation <strong>of</strong> key findings and<br />

recommendations. This data was analysed by Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Keith Hurst.<br />

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