Staffing challenges, such as shortages, are among the leading problems in nursing today. Appropriate staffing is crucial for quality patient care and for maintaining healthy work environments for nurses.

There are various tools available for measuring nursing workload. In the webinar, we highlighted 2 tools that are integrated into the electronic health record (EHR). The first tool was described in a staffing story shared by Maurice Kibisu, an intensive care unit (ICU) charge nurse. This tool was purchased from a technology company and was adapted and tested by ICU staff. The second tool was developed by Kelsey Jones, a nurse. Jones and her colleagues collaborated with the hospital system’s leaders and information technology (IT) team to create a tool that calculates a nursing workload score from EHR documentation. Tools not integrated into the EHR include the CAMEO, a tool designed to measure the acuity and nursing workload of pediatric cardiology...

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