ABSTRACT
A cost analysis for orienting registered nurses in a traditional manner was initiated prior to a performance-based system. A 15-month study in a 772-bed midwestern hospital tracked the cost of all human and material resources used and determined a level of achievement for each individual in the sample.
Subject(s)
Competency-Based Education/standards , Education, Nursing, Continuing/standards , Inservice Training/standards , Nursing Staff, Hospital/education , Competency-Based Education/economics , Cost-Benefit Analysis , Education, Nursing, Continuing/economics , Humans , Inservice Training/economics , Nursing Education Research , Nursing Staff, Hospital/standards , OhioABSTRACT
The All-Day Inservice Program is an ambitious concept with ever-changing variables. Adjustments to ongoing needs are made with the help of a database system to validate decisions. This centralized, time-blocked, mass inservice plan for nursing and ancillary staff still can meet individual needs.
Subject(s)
Education, Nursing, Continuing , Inservice Training/organization & administration , Nursing Staff, Hospital/education , Humans , Inservice Training/economicsABSTRACT
Cost effectiveness is the mandate in healthcare today. Nursing staff development especially has needed to rethink its methodologies because of the significant cost of programs. The Department of Nursing Education and Resources of Miami Valley Hospital in Dayton, Ohio adopted an "All-Day" concept in an effort to achieve maximum efficiency from its resources for inservice education. To comprehensively and accurately determine how efficient the all-day method was in terms of cost in comparison with the previous "unit-based" process, a detailed cost analysis was undertaken. Each method was studied for 1 year, and the comparison revealed the all-day method was more viable from a cost perspective, as well as more beneficial from the participants' perspective.
