Birthrate plus : a framework for workforce planning and decision making for midwifery services
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Birthrate plus : a framework for workforce planning and decision making for midwifery services
Books for Midwives Press, c1996
1st ed
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 164-165) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
"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.
Table of Contents
- 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
by "Nielsen BookData"