jeahav

Your information is most helpful. We are struggling with determining appropriate staffing and it is difficult to find any good information on this from the literature so, I thought I would ask around.

Thanks so much for the good information. We are also about 200 beds (180) so we are talking about a comparable size. Do you have any sense of the numbers of starts/restarts that you are doing in a specified period of time? (per day/week/month)?

I am interested in knowing the staffing patterns used in other hospitals with IV teams; specifically, how many staff are needed per patient population. Our IV team functions on the day and evening shifts and provides coverage primarily for the inpatient setting; however, because we have a closed practice system (all staff including MDs are employees of the healthcare organization) we also cover the PACU, ASU, ED, ICU, and ambulatory settings when there are difficult sticks. This past year we have gone well over budget and we are now being asked to revise the staffing plan; however, I am having difficulty finding out information from other places about how they staff. Any guidance or sharing of information would be greatly appreciated.