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Table 3 Summary of profiles for “staffing” and “capacity for innovation”

From: A taxonomy of nursing care organization models in hospitals

  

Staffing

Capacity for innovation (scores by dimension and unit ranking)

Hospital code

Unit code

Percentage of worked hours by RN

Number of nursing hours per patient day

Unit ranking for staffing*

Elevated RN role

Focus of care on the patient

Patient transition

Focus on results

Leveraging of technologies

Unit ranking for capacity of innovation**

A

1

low

low

few nurses and few hours

low

low

high

low

low

less innovative

 

2

low

low

few nurses and few hours

low

low

low

low

low

less innovative

B

3

high

low

many nurses and few hours

low

high

high

low

low

moderately innovative

 

4

high

low

many nurses and few hours

low

high

high

high

low

moderately innovative

C

5

high

low

many nurses and few hours

low

low

low

high

low

less innovative

 

6

low

low

few nurses and few hours

low

low

low

high

low

less innovative

D

7

low

high

few nurses and many hours

low

low

low

high

high

moderately innovative

 

8

low

high

few nurses and many hours

low

low

low

high

low

less innovative

E

9

low

high

few nurses and many hours

low

low

low

high

low

less innovative

 

10

high

high

many nurses and many hours

low

high

high

high

low

moderately innovative

F

11

low

high

few nurses and many hours

low

low

high

low

low

less innovative

 

12

low

high

few nurses and many hours

low

low

low

low

low

less innovative

G

13

high

low

many nurses and few hours

high

high

high

high

high

more innovative

 

14

high

low

many nurses and few hours

low

low

low

low

low

less innovative

 

15

high

low

many nurses and few hours

high

low

low

low

low

less innovative

H

17

low

low

few nurses and few hours

low

high

high

high

high

more innovative

 

24

low

low

few nurses and few hours

low

low

low

low

low

less innovative

I

18

high

high

many nurses and many hours

high

high

high

high

high

more innovative

 

19

high

high

many nurses and many hours

high

high

high

low

high

more innovative

J

20

low

high

few nurses and many hours

high

high

high

low

high

more innovative

 

21

low

high

few nurses and many hours

low

high

high

high

low

moderately innovative

K

22

low

high

few nurses and many hours

low

high

low

high

low

moderately innovative

  1. * “Few nurses” Proportion of RN hours in total nursing hours < 47%.
  2. “Many nurses” Proportion of RN hours in total nursing hours ≥ 47%.
  3. “Few hours” Hours of care per patient day < 6.
  4. “Many hours” Hours of care per patient day ≥ 6.
  5. **less innovative high score on one indicator or less.
  6. moderately innovative high score on two or three indicators.
  7. more innovative high score on at least four indicators.