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Article: Are ED nursing staff levels under attack?
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- Patient-Focused Care & Satisfaction
- Article date:
- May 1, 1998
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Are ED nursing staff levels under attack?
Data and increased efficiency can save jobs
When administrators search for a way to reduce costs, the emergency department (ED) nursing staff is often the first place they look.
"ED staffing is under attack by corporate hospital chains trying to cut their expenses, and in any hospital, the nursing budget is the biggest single variable cost," says Robert Herr, MD, MBA, FACEP, former corporate chairman of emergency medicine for FHP International and currently a Salt Lake City-based consultant in emergency medicine human resources management.
Comparative data showing there are more nurses than ...