So, your nursing management system doesn't work.

NMIS systems can be of great assistance to the nursing department. Unless the patient acuity/classification portion of your NMIS is meeting your needs, the efforts needed to maintain and run the system will be useless. If your hospital is experiencing difficulties with its NMIS, studying potential problem areas might help to clarify the problem. If your hospital has purchased and is planning to implement a NMIS, you should actively involve all levels of nursing management and staff. To assure the system will meet your needs, ask questions and discover the answers throughout the implementation process. If you are planning to purchase a NMIS, a requirements definition study would be worth your time and effort. Your requirements for the system should be in writing to the potential vendor, thus allowing the vendor to respond to each of the requirements in a written proposal.