Birthrate Plus: A Framework for Workforce Planning and Decision-Making for Midwifery Services - Brossura

Ball, Jean

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1898507414 ISBN 13: 9781898507413

Casa editrice: Books for Midwives Pr, 1996

Riassunto

Workforce Planning for Midwifery Services explores the principles and problems in workforce planning for midwifery care. It focuses specifically on Birthrate, a method of workforce planning developed specifically for midwifery services by the author herself. The book incorporates the methodology of Birthrate as a foundation and includes data and experience gained from working in different health authorities with varying patterns of midwifery care. It provides a hands-on practical guide to workforce planning for midwifery services in both hospital and community settings.

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Contenuti

Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; The development of workforce planning systems; How birthrate was developed as a method for assessing client need for midwifery care during intrapartum care; How to the birthrate system; Using case-mix data to determine the number of beds needed; Using case-mix data to determine the number of beds needed; Using case-mix data as a basis for calculating ward staffing needs and antenatal clinics; Assessing staffing needs for community services and working through implications of developing caseload based practice; Managing change; Glossary; References; Appendices: Birthrate score sheet; Assessing allowances for holiday sickness and study leave; Formula for calculating midwife hours per case; Rationale for travel allowances in different locations; Assessing midwife hours per annum; Index

Dettagli dell?edizione

• Editore: Books for Midwives Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 1996
• ISBN 10: 1898507414
• ISBN 13: 9781898507413
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Lingua: Inglese
• Numero di pagine: 184