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Title

Staffing plans for surge hospitals - public Apr 7 update

Created

2020-06-12 15:22:27

Update time

2020-06-12 15:22:27

Brief Description of Challenge

Surge capacity planning for overcrowded hospitals due to COVID-19.

Brief Description of Innovation

This excel file is a rough guide to emergency hospital staffing for COVID-19 response. Tool for calculating
staffing needs as acute care beds are added to a facility.

Innovation – Increase Numbers

Other

Innovation – Increase Flexibility

Innovation – Increase Availability

Worker

Nurse Practitioners*
Nurse Specialists*
Nurses - Registered
Physicians - Emergency
Physicians - Intensive Care
Physicians - Specialists

Task/Skill

Training / Retraining

Brief Description of Setting

Staffing measures in acute care for surge hospitals. Concerning ICU specialist physicians, NP/PA/CNS, RNs,
and janitorial staff.

Setting - Organization

Emergency Medical Services
Hospitals

Setting - Geography

Urban/Suburban

Facilitators

Barriers

Impact / Evaluation

Link

https://healthforce.ucsf.edu/file/staffing-plans-surge-hospitals-public-apr-7-updatexlsx

Contact

Joanne Spetzx

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Organization

Healthforce Center at UCSF

Phone Number

415-271-6496

Country

United States

Expert Assessment – Impact

Assessed Risk - Workers

Assessed Risk - System

Assessed Risk – Patients

Expert Assessment – Confidence

Language

Type

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