SAFETY IN RELATION TO

STAFFING AT AURORA SINAI

Tara Bulluck
Jordan Matis
Caitlyn Wegner
INHIBITORS AFFECTING PATIENT SAFETY

Social
Physical
o Communication -
o Layout/Addition o HUC - lack of between all nursing
of Rehabilitation organization -
staff
Unit - separation chaotic
o Teamwork -
of rooms and o Education - Lack
of unwillingness to
nursing stations,
implementation work together -
supplies, and
or appropriate creates an abrasive
equipment training
o Staffing - Hiring relationship
o Work Ethic
process or lack
o Morale
of applicants
NURSING INTELLECTUAL CAPITAL THEORY

● Christine L Covell & Souraya Sidani

● “The theory proposes nursing human capital, nurses' knowledge, skills and experience, is
related to the quality of patient care and nurse recruitment and retention of an inpatient care
unit.”
● Structural & Intellectual Capital

Nursing Patient
Nurse Staffing human Outcomes
capital

Employer support
for nurse Nursing
Organizational
continuing structural
Outcomes
professional capital
development
CORRELATE THEORIST TO PROBLEM

“Human capital within hospitals is extremely important as it reflects the work of highly
knowledgeable and skilled people caring for those in need of specialized healthcare”
(Peng, et al., 2007)

Physical and Social inhibitors strain nursing intellectual capital

● Distances between patients

● Lack of HUC
● Low morale
● Understaffing
● Lack of communication and teamwork
RELATION OF QSEN COMPETENCIES TO PROBLEM

● Communication - Lack of communication between nursing staff or between patient

and nursing staff
● Quality Improvements - Understanding the mind of dementia patients
● Safety - Distance between patients, understanding the mind of dementia patients,
workload of nursing staff
● Patient-Centered Care - Unable to achieve good patient-centered care due to
workload, or unknowledgeable on how to care for dementia patients
WHAT CAN YOU DO TO MODIFY CHANGE?

● Addition of HUC to unit staff

● Lay out of unit - Organization and consolidation of patients
● Proper education
○ Altered mental status
○ Communication
○ Teamwork
○ Application
BARRIERS TO IMPLEMENTATION

● Nursing que of admissions

● Money
● Resources
● Time to train
● Acuity of patients
PATIENT ACUITY TOOL
REFERENCES

Covell, C. L., & Sidani, S. (2013, May 31). Nursing Intellectual Capital Theory: Implications for Research and
Practice. The Online Journal of Issues in Nursing, 18(2). doi:10.3912/OJIN.Vol18No02Man02

Covell, C. L., & Sidani, S. (2013, November 11). Nursing intellectual capital theory: testing selected propositions.
Retrieved November 11, 2019, from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23461557.

McCaig-Rice, A. (2018, March 13). 10 ways health care team training benefits patients. Retrieved November 11, 2019,
from https://www.futurity.org/health-care-team-training-1702052/.

World Health Organization. (2009). Human Factors in Patient Safety of Topics and Tools. Retrieved on November 12,
2019, from
https://www.who.int/patientsafety/research/methods_measures/human_factors/human_factors_review.pdf