Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, England.
Nurs Manag (Harrow). 2023 Oct 5;30(5):19-25. doi: 10.7748/nm.2023.e2096. Epub 2023 Jul 4.
Nurse managers in charge of a post-anaesthesia care unit (PACU) face the task of optimising staffing levels and must be able to justify staffing needs to the wider operational team. The high variability in patient numbers and acuity that characterises the PACU, as well as the broader factors that affect patient flow to and from the PACU, make it challenging to quantify staffing requirements. Staffing models often fail to reflect accurately the needs of patients and therefore the needs of the unit and there is no recommended model for quantifying PACU staffing requirements. In this article, the author describes the challenges of quantifying PACU staffing requirements and the suitability of different types of data. The author also discusses factors to consider when developing model for quantifying PACU staffing requirements.
负责麻醉后护理单元 (PACU) 的护士长面临着优化人员配置水平的任务，并且必须能够向更广泛的运营团队证明人员配置需求的合理性。PACU 以患者数量和病情的高度可变性为特征，以及影响患者进出 PACU 的更广泛因素，使得量化人员配置需求具有挑战性。人员配备模型往往不能准确反映患者的需求，因此也不能反映单位的需求，而且目前也没有推荐的 PACU 人员配备需求量化模型。在本文中，作者描述了量化 PACU 人员配备需求的挑战以及不同类型数据的适用性。作者还讨论了在开发 PACU 人员配备需求量化模型时需要考虑的因素。
