Advice From Your Peers
We asked our current clients some questions regarding advice they had for soon-to-be Nash enthusiasts. Click each individual’s name to see their insightful advice regarding their experience with the Nash Methodology.
Ensuring the correct staffing grid was loaded into Nash Analytics. There were several versions for many floors so we had to keep validating the information.
How have you incorporated the Nash methodology into your daily operations at a unit and divisional level (Nash Analytics, patient placement, finances)?I run many reports to provide information back to Nursing leadership. We have also created bi weekly staffing variance responses that incorporate the Nash methodology with our productivity system.
What, if any, operational changes were a result of the Nash methodology (staffing, patient placement)?In the past, our departments were expected to manage to the same HPPD regardless of census. Nash allows them to adjust the HPPD based on the patients in the unit which is why it’s important to have the right number of patients in each unit to avoid incomplete care teams.
What qualities do you think a project leader should have to make the implementation successful?The most important factor to make this process a success is the support of the executive team. We required a fair amount of new hires to have the right complement of staff. In addition, it’s important to have the physician leadership aware of the project and receive their buy in, which I’m not sure we did. As far as successful project leadership, you need to be assertive, organized and have a strong understanding of the process.
How have you incorporated the Nash methodology into your daily operations at a unit and divisional level (Nash Analytics, patient placement, finances)?
I run many reports to provide information back to Nursing leadership. We have also created bi weekly staffing variance responses that incorporate the Nash methodology with our productivity system.
What, if any, operational changes were a result of the Nash methodology (staffing, patient placement)?
In the past, our departments were expected to manage to the same HPPD regardless of census. Nash allows them to adjust the HPPD based on the patients in the unit which is why it’s important to have the right number of patients in each unit to avoid incomplete care teams.
What qualities do you think a project leader should have to make the implementation successful?
The most important factor to make this process a success is the support of the executive team. We required a fair amount of new hires to have the right complement of staff. In addition, it’s important to have the physician leadership aware of the project and receive their buy in, which I’m not sure we did. As far as successful project leadership, you need to be assertive, organized and have a strong understanding of the process.