A framework for nurse staffing in long-term care facilities

Nurse staffing is complex and requires the nurse administrator to consider multiple factors. The Framework for Nurse Staffing in Long-term Care (LTC) Facilities provides a comprehensive perspective of those factors and their interrelatedness. The purpose of the framework is to provide nurse administ rators and managers with ways to analyze and evaluate nurse staffing in the ir own facilities and develop solutions and approaches that are specific to their needs and circumstances. The framework also can serve as the basis f or developing and testing research questions that will guide nurse administ rators in making informed decisions to determine, allocate, and deliver the resources necessary to provide quality care for residents.