Number 1 Topics:

• Overtime: What Every Manager Needs to Know (Part One)
• You Can Be Sued for Commuting Accidents
• Stop FMLA Moonlighters with Strict Policy

Number 2 Topics:

• Overtime: What Every Manager Needs to Know (Part Two)
• Employees with 2nd Jobs
• Website: New Benefits and Services
• Certification and Seminar Programs

Number 3 Topics:

• Results of the (2004) Fifteenth Annual Survey of Hours

Number 4 Topics:

• Continued Comments on the 2004 Survey of Hours
  • Work Environment, Change in Patient Workload
  • Staffing Ratios, Vacancy Replacement
  • Maturing RN Population
  • Deficit Demand: Sick-Time/Leaves, Response to Deficit Demand
  • Policies Regarding Hours Worked Per Week & Per Day

Number 5 Topics:

• Study: Working Hours of Hospital Staff Nurses and Patient Safety
• Overtime changes nursing/healthcare impact
• JCAHO announces National Patient Safety Goal
• Lift Teams gain recognition
• Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses 2004 Assessment Grid
• International Organization of Schedulers/Staffers and Resource Managers

Number 6 Topics:

• Nursing Staffing Levels Linked to Quality of Care
• 2004 Annual Survey RN/Ratios
• Attendance Policy for Inclement Weather
• Flexibility in the workplace-Part 1

Number 1 Topics:

• Work Breaks and Staff Nurse Performance
• Benchmarking Your Labor Hours
• Effect of Reducing Interns’ Weekly Work Hours on Sleep & Attentional Failures
• Flexibility in the Workplace – Part 2

Number 2 Topics:

• The Future of 12-Hour Shifts?
• Calculating Shift Replacement Based on Estimating Deficit Demands
• Predicting Volume Impact
• Hospital Report Cards Are Going Public

Number 3 Topics:

• Results of the (2005) Sixteenth Annual Survey of Hours

Number 4 Topics:

• Continued Comments on the 2005 Survey of Hours
• Magnet Status
• Case Mix, LOS, Acuity
• Workforce Distribution
• Response to Deficit Demand
• Peri-Operative Units

Number 5 Topics:

• Hours of care for the obstetric service units
• What’s included in your direct and indirect hours?
• Telling our Staffing Story: What’s in Your Numbers?

Number 6 Topics:

• Comparing Hours of Care for The Critical & Intermediate Care Units
• Span of Control for Unit Managers
• Budgeting Educators and Service Location
• Budgeting Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs)

Number 1 Topics:

• Staffing Implications for Increasing C-Section Rates
• Oregon Updates Nurse Staffing Law
• DOL Issues Regulations Protecting Reemployment Rights of Veterans
• Defining Your Schedule Requirements
• PSS™ Newsletter Turns 25

Number 2 Topics:

• Study Aims to Boost Proportion of RNs Without Increasing Costs
• Formula for Calculating RN-To-Patient Ratios
• Ratios for Case Managers
• HRSA Releases National Survey of RNs

Number 3 Topics:

• Results of the (2006) Seventeenth Annual Survey of Hours – Part 1

Number 4 Topics:

• Continued Comments on the 2006 Survey of Hours
• Magnet Status
• LOS, Acuity
• Workforce Distribution
• Response to Deficit Demand
• Peri-Operative Units

Number 5 Topics:

• Educator Ratios: Is There a Standard?
• Centralized vs. Decentralized Education
• Budgeting for Education & Orientation Hours
• Recommended Best Practices
• Combining Education and Orientation Hours with Total Indirect Hours

Number 6 Topics:

• Calculating Cost Per Patient Day: Is There a Standard?
• LMI Average Hours by Unit Group & Salary Cost/Unit of Service Based on the 2006 Annual Survey of Hours©
• Managing Resources Through Robust Metrics

Number 1 Topics:

• Turnover and Its Impact
• What Makes a Good Turnover Report
• Calculating the Cost of Turnover
• Turnover Reporting and Best Practice

Number 2 Topics:

• Identifying Root Sources of Overtime
• Managing Your Overtime Plan
• Taking Your Overtime Pulse
• Non-Productive Replacement FTE Plan

Number 3 Topics:

• Results of the (2007) Eighteenth Annual Survey of Hours – Part 1

Number 4 Topics:

• 2007 PSS™ Annual Survey of Hours Report – Part 2
  • Magnet Status, LOS, Acuity, Workforce Distribution, Response to Deficit Demand
• Peri-Operative and Remaining “Other” Units

Number 5 Topics:

• Full-Time/Part-Time Employee Ratios and Percentages
  • Results from 2007 Survey of Hours Benchmark Report©
  • Scheduling Principles; calculating FT/PT ratios and Determining Minimum Work Commitments
  • Best Practice guidelines for FT/PT Ratios
• Announcing the Eve Hall Memorial LMI Scholarship for Scheduling and Staffing

Number 6 Topics:

• LMI Workforce Management findings regarding Overtime & position Control
• Minimum, Good & Best Position Control Management
• What makes a good Position Control Report
• Position Control Best Practices

Number 1 Topics:

• Impact of Admissions, Discharges, Transfers (ADT) on Average Length of Stay (ALOS)
• Decreasing Length of Stay impacts Admissions
• ADT, ALOS, OT% Compared to Med Errors and Patient Falls
• 2-Year comparison of Non-Unit Based Educator Ratios

Number 2 Topics:

• Schedulers, Worker Performance and Work Environment
• Scheduling Principles
• Defining Employee Requests
• Measuring Quality with Schedule Report Cards
• 10 Indicators that Your Unit’s Schedule is Not Working
• Scheduling Best Practices

Number 3 Topics:

• Nineteenth Annual Survey of Hours!
• Results of the 2008 PSS™ Annual Survey of Hours Report(C) Part 1

Number 4 – Topics:

• The 2008 PSS™ Annual Survey of Hours Report© – Part 2
• Magnet Status, LOS, Acuity, Workforce Distribution, Response to Deficit Demand, Peri-Operative and Remaining “Other” Unit Findings

Number 5 Topics:

• Staffing & Productivity for Blended Obstetric Units
• 2008 Eve Hall Scholarship USA Winner 1 of 2: Stephanie Manning from St. Lukas Episcopal Health System, Houston, TX

Number 6 Topics:

• Improving Workforce Efficiencies – Conserving Resources
• 2008 Eve Hall Scholarship USA Winner 2 of 2: Brandi Yaeck from Ridgeview Medical Center, Waconia, MN

Number 1 Topics:

• Indirect Hours – Supporting Staff and Patient Care
• Recommended Percentages for Indirect Labor, Education & Orientation Hours
• 2008 Eve Hall Scholarship International Winner: Chrystal Fox & Lib Jones, Doncaster & Bassetlaw Hospitals, UK

Number 2 Topics:

• Managing Your Non-Productive Budget
• Formulas for Calculating Your Non-Productive Benefit Time
• Self-vs. Selfish Scheduling
• Employee Request Guidelines
• Impact of Planned vs. Unplanned Absences
• Developing a Vacation Plan Form

Number 3 Topics:

• Results of the 2009 PSS™ Annual Survey of Hours Report© – Part 1

Number 4 Topics:

• The 2009 PSS© Annual Survey of Hours Report© – Part 2
• Magnet™, Baldrige & Planetree Participation Status, ADC & LOS, Staffing Ratio Changes & Workforce Distribution, Response to Deficit Demand, Peri-Operative and Remaining “Other” Units Hours of Care

Number 5 Topics:

• It’s NOT Flu as Usual – Are You Ready for the H1N1?
• Surge Capacity & Workforce Planning
• Staffing in the Eye of the Storm

Number 6 Topics:

• 2009 Nurse Manager Span of Control Results
• 2009 Indirect Percentage Labor by Service Line Type
• 2009 Eve Hall Scholarship Winner: Martha Giangiulio from Akron Children’s Hospital, Akron, OH

Number 1 Topics:

• Central Staffing Office (CSO)/Resource Delivery Models
• Nursing Care Delivery Models & Its Impact on Your Budget
• CSO Mission Statement; CSO vs. Manager Resource Management Goals
• Line Functions in Scheduling for Managers/Staffers/Scheduling Committee

Number 2 Topics:

• Vital Partnerships: Managers, Charge Nurses, Supervisors & The CSO
• Defining “Range of Staffing Elasticity” For Staffing
• Staffing for Erratic vs. Fluctuating Workload
• Healthcare Reform and ACO’s – How will it Impact your Workforce

Number 3 Topics:

• Results Of The 2010 PSS™ Annual Survey of Hours Report© – Part 1

Number 4 Topics:

• The 2010 PSS™ Annual Survey of Hours Report – Part 2
• Magnet™, Baldridge & Planetree Participation Status, Licensed & Operational Beds, Average Daily Census & Length of Stay & Workforce Distribution
• 2010 Eve Hall Memorial Scholarship Award Winner

Number 5 Topics:

• Nursing Department & RN FTEs/Licensed & Operational/Staffed Beds
• 2010 FTEs/Bed
• Calculating FTEs/Bed Type
• The Impact of Healthcare Reform on Resource Management
• Surviving the Healthcare Crisis and Coping With Healthcare Reform

Number 6 Topics:

• Managing Deficit Demands
• 2010 Deficit Demand & Response From the PSS™ Survey of Hours©
• Strategic Response to Deficit Demands
• Budgeting for Deficit Demands (Planned, Unplanned, Ed/Meeting/Orientation)