TY - JOUR
T1 - Datasets to support workforce planning in nursing
T2 - A scoping review
AU - Weller-Newton, Jennifer M.
AU - Phillips, Craig
AU - Roche, Michael A.
AU - McGillion, Anthony
AU - Mapes, Jo
AU - Dufty, Tania
AU - Schlieff, Jo
AU - Boyd, Leanne
AU - Geary, Alanna
AU - Haines, Stephanie
N1 - Funding Information:
We acknowledge this work was produced as part of the 2019 Workforce Sustainability Policy Chapter established by the Australian College of Nursing (ACN). Acknowledgement is also extended to Adjunct Professor Kylie Ward (CEO of ACN), Dr Carolyn Stapleton (ACN Policy Manager) and Ms Sofia Dimitrelis (ACN Senior Policy Officer), who coordinated the various policy chapter activities.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Australian College of Nursing Ltd
PY - 2021/6
Y1 - 2021/6
N2 - Aim: This review sought to identify and describe evidence regarding the value and benefits of datasets to support nursing workforce planning and quality patient care. Design: Scoping review. Data sources: The following data bases were searched Ovid EMCARE, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus, Informit, and ProQuest Dissertations. Review methods: The Joanna Briggs Scoping review guidelines informed the structure of this review which entailed a stepped search strategy. 3036 records were screened by title and abstract by two independent reviewers for relevance to the aims of the review, with disputes resolved by a third independent reviewer. Following assessment of 44 full-text documents, 18 were included in the review. Results: There is limited evidence on the attributes or efficacy of workforce datasets. This is linked to the multiple variabilities across clinical settings and jurisdictions, such as education and qualifications, the nomenclature of nursing titles, clinical facility/unit classification, and the quantification of patient acuity, among other factors. A comprehensive workforce dataset was not reported in the literature examined here. Conclusion: The absence of evidence regarding standardised workforce datasets and their value is impacting on nurse leaders’ capacity to proactively plan and develop a viable strategy for sustaining the nursing workforce. Impact: The lack of standardised national workforce datasets and their efficacy results in inadequate, ad hoc or contradictory approaches to workforce planning.
AB - Aim: This review sought to identify and describe evidence regarding the value and benefits of datasets to support nursing workforce planning and quality patient care. Design: Scoping review. Data sources: The following data bases were searched Ovid EMCARE, MEDLINE, EMBASE, Scopus, Informit, and ProQuest Dissertations. Review methods: The Joanna Briggs Scoping review guidelines informed the structure of this review which entailed a stepped search strategy. 3036 records were screened by title and abstract by two independent reviewers for relevance to the aims of the review, with disputes resolved by a third independent reviewer. Following assessment of 44 full-text documents, 18 were included in the review. Results: There is limited evidence on the attributes or efficacy of workforce datasets. This is linked to the multiple variabilities across clinical settings and jurisdictions, such as education and qualifications, the nomenclature of nursing titles, clinical facility/unit classification, and the quantification of patient acuity, among other factors. A comprehensive workforce dataset was not reported in the literature examined here. Conclusion: The absence of evidence regarding standardised workforce datasets and their value is impacting on nurse leaders’ capacity to proactively plan and develop a viable strategy for sustaining the nursing workforce. Impact: The lack of standardised national workforce datasets and their efficacy results in inadequate, ad hoc or contradictory approaches to workforce planning.
KW - Clinical settings
KW - Datasets
KW - Nurses
KW - Scoping review
KW - Workforce planning
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85092897264&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/j.colegn.2020.09.001
DO - 10.1016/j.colegn.2020.09.001
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85092897264
SN - 1322-7696
VL - 28
SP - 324
EP - 332
JO - Collegian
JF - Collegian
IS - 3
ER -