The objective of the study was to examine the links between inputs into the process of nursing, in particular, the skill mix of nursing staff and the outputs of nursing in terms of the quality and outcome of care. The review of literature revealed several ambiguities and conceptual problems at...

Skill mix emerged as a prominent issue in nursing at a time when a new environment, imbued with management values, was forged within the NHS. The issues surrounding skill mix are often highly contentious and, not surprisingly, various interest groups either welcome or reject attempts to examine...

The general aim of this one-year project, funded by the Department of Health and in collaboration with CASPE, has been to investigate the relationship between case-mix and nursing workload measures. Specifically, this report focuses on the underlying issue of examining methodologies and...

The objective of this paper is to set out the key findings and implications from an analysis of the activity and workload of nurses of different grades. This is with a view to identifying nursing skill mixes and working practices that may reduce workforce demand for more highly skilled nursing...

The need to develop methods of measuring nursing workload is not new, but the search for accurate measures to calculate the demand for nursing has assumed greater significance in recent years owing to the advent of resource management and the necessity to manage efficiently the most costly...