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Selecting and Applying Methods for Estimating the Size and Mix of Nursing Teams A systematic review of the literature commissioned by the Department of Health Dr Keith Hurst Selecting and Applying Methods for Estimating the Size and Mix of Nursing Teams Summary: systematic review of the literature commissioned by the Department of Health, April 2002. Author Dr Keith Hurst, Senior Lecturer, Nuffield Institute for Health, Leeds University, 71 Clarendon Road, Leeds LS2 9PL, telephone: 0113 3436985, e-mail k.hurst@leeds.ac.uk. Leeds University Advisory Group Jackie Ford, Senior Fellow, Nuffield Institute for Health; Professor Justin Keen, Nuffield Institute for Health; Susan Mottram, Faculty Team Librarian; Dr Michael Robinson, Senior Lecturer, Nuffield Institute for Health. The views expressed within this report are those of the author and not necessarily those of the Department of Health. ©2003, Nuffield Institute for Health ISBN 1 903475 30 9 2 Selecting and Applying Methods for Estimating the Size and Mix of Nursing Teams INTRODUCTION Nurses, perhaps more than any other professional Considerable effort has gone into explaining the group, are affected by clinical, educational, and strengths and weaknesses of five nursing managerial developments in the health and social workforce planning systems briefly described here services. Consequently, decisions about the size and fully explained in the main report: and mix of nursing teams are critical areas for health service managers generally and nursing 1. Professional judgement approach (p.7). workforce planners specifically. Overstaffed, 2. Nurses per occupied bed method (p.10). undermanned and unbalanced nursing teams 3. Acuity-quality method (p.13). have implications for the quality and cost of patient care. Nurses’ job satisfaction an