Using an Acuity Tool to Maintain Productivity While Adhering to AWHONN Perinatal Guidelines

Sunday, June 14, 2015

Title: Using an Acuity Tool to Maintain Productivity While Adhering to AWHONN Perinatal Guidelines

Promenade Ballroom (Long Beach Convention Center)
Karen MacDonald, MS, RNC, NEA-BC , Women and Childrens, Wentworth Douglass Hospital, Dover, NH
Dana St Laurent, BSN , Women and Childrens, Wentwoth Douglass Hospital, Dover, NH
Holly Santovasi, BA in Sociology. Lean/Six Sigma Black Belt. , Women & Children's, Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, Dover, NH

Discipline: Professional Issues (PI)

Learning Objectives:
  • Identify the benefits of using a Lean and Six Sigma process approach to improve productivity on a perinatal unit.
  • Discuss how managing staffing to acuity can improve productivity based on the AWHONN guidelines.
  • Describe how department resources can be predicted using data from an acuity staffing tool.

    • Submission Description:
    The art of scheduling Perinatal nursing staff is challenging in a specialty where census and acuity are highly unpredictable. A small community hospital was facing decreasing revenue and increased cost due to healthcare reform. The Perinatal unit incorporated an acuity tool into their daily nursing assignment sheet and achieved financial savings, safe patient care as defined by meeting AWHONN guidelines , exceeded productivity benchmarks, and improved nursing satisfaction.

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