{"id":3431,"date":"2020-03-25T14:58:23","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T19:58:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lminstitute.com\/?page_id=3431"},"modified":"2025-09-19T13:38:16","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T18:38:16","slug":"pss-newsletter","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lminstitute.com\/index.php\/knowledge-center-2\/pss-newsletter\/","title":{"rendered":"PSS\u2122 Newsletter"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Perspectives on Staffing and Scheduling (PSS\u2122) is the only newsletter that deals specifically with staffing and scheduling issues facing healthcare today. PSS\u2122 provides helpful information on strategies that you can use in your setting as well as actual case studies of how hospitals solve specific staffing problems. LMI is the publisher of the national benchmark, PSS\u2122 Annual Survey of Hours Report\u00a9, allowing you to compare your organization&#8217;s hours of care to other hospitals in the United States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-f87b02f55f08a0075207488b7eb23391\" style=\"font-style:italic;font-weight:700\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lminstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LMI-PSS-2004-2010-Topics-by-Volume-2025.pdf\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"http:\/\/lminstitute.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/LMI-PSS-2004-2010-Topics-by-Volume-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click Here to Download the Topic List by Volume and Issue<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Volume 24 Year in Review<\/strong> (Published 2005)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 1 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Work Breaks and Staff Nurse Performance<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Benchmarking Your Labor Hours<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Effect of Reducing Interns\u2019 Weekly Work Hours on Sleep &amp; Attentional Failures<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Flexibility in the Workplace- Part 2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 2 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The Future of 12-Hour Shifts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Calculating Shift Replacement Based on Estimating Deficit Demands<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Predicting Volume Impact<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Hospital Report Cards Are Going Public<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 3 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Results of the (2005) Sixteenth Annual Survey of Hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 4 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Continued Comments on the 2005 Survey of Hours<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Magnet Status<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Case Mix, LOS, Acuity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Workforce Distribution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Response to Deficit Demand<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peri-Operative Units<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 5 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Hours of care for the obstetric service units<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What\u2019s included in your direct and indirect hours?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Telling our Staffing Story: What\u2019s in Your Numbers?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 6 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Comparing Hours of Care for The Critical &amp; Intermediate Care Units<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Span of Control for Unit Managers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Budgeting Educators and Service Location<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Budgeting Advanced Practice Nurses (APNs)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Volume 25 Year in Review<\/strong> (Published 2006)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 1 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Staffing Implications for Increasing C-Section Rates<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Oregon Updates Nurse Staffing Law<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>DOL Issues Regulations Protecting Reemployment Rights of Veterans<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Defining Your Schedule Requirements<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>PSS\u2122 Newsletter Turns 25<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 2 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Study Aims to Boost Proportion of RNs Without Increasing Costs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Formula for Calculating RN-To-Patient Ratios<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ratios for Case Managers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>HRSA Releases National Survey of RNs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 3 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Results of the (2006) Seventeenth Annual Survey of Hours- Part 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 4 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Continued Comments on the 2006 Survey of Hours<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Magnet Status<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LOS, Acuity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Workforce Distribution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Response to Deficit Demand<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peri-Operative Units<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 5 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Educator Ratios: Is There a Standard?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Centralized vs. Decentralized Education<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Budgeting for Education &amp; Orientation Hours<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recommended Best Practices<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Combining Education and Orientation Hours with Total Indirect Hours<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 6 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Calculating Cost Per Patient Day: Is There a Standard?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LMI Average Hours by Unit Group &amp; Salary Cost\/Unit of Service Based on the 2006 Annual Survey of Hours\u00a9<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Managing Resources Through Robust Metrics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Volume 26 Year in Review<\/strong> (Published 2007)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 1 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Turnover and Its Impact<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What Makes a Good Turnover Report<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Calculating the Cost of Turnover<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Turnover Reporting and Best Practice<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 2 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Identifying Root Sources of Overtime<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Managing Your Overtime Plan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Taking Your Overtime Pulse<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Non-Productive Replacement FTE Plan<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 3 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Results of the (2007) Eighteenth Annual Survey of Hours- Part 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 4 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2007 PSS\u2122 Annual Survey of Hours Report- Part 2\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Magnet Status, LOS, Acuity, Workforce Distribution, Response to Deficit Demand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peri-Operative and Remaining \u201cOther\u201d Units<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 5 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Full-Time\/Part-Time Employee Ratios and Percentages\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 16.8px;\">Results from 2007 Survey of Hours Benchmark Report\u00a9<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scheduling Principles; calculating FT\/PT ratios and Determining Minimum Work Commitments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Best Practice guidelines for FT\/PT Ratios<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Announcing the Eve Hall Memorial LMI Scholarship for Scheduling and Staffing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 6 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>LMI Workforce Management findings regarding Overtime &amp; position Control<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Minimum, Good &amp; Best Position Control Management<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What makes a good Position Control Report<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Position Control Best Practices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Volume 27 Year in Review<\/strong> (Published 2008)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 1 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Impact of Admissions, Discharges, Transfers (ADT) on Average Length of Stay (ALOS)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Decreasing Length of Stay impacts Admissions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>ADT, ALOS, OT% Compared to Med Errors and Patient Falls<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2-Year comparison of Non-Unit Based Educator Ratios<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 2 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Schedulers, Worker Performance and Work Environment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scheduling Principles<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Defining Employee Requests<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Measuring Quality with Schedule Report Cards<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10 Indicators that Your Unit\u2019s Schedule is Not Working<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Scheduling Best Practices<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 3 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Results of the (2008) Nineteenth Annual Survey of Hours- Part 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 4 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The 2008 PSS\u2122 Annual Survey of Hours Report\u2013 Part 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Magnet Status\u2122, Baldridge &amp; Planetree Status<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>LOS, Acuity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Workforce Distribution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Response to Deficit Demand<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peri-Operative and Remaining \u201cOther\u201d Unit Findings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 5 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Staffing &amp; Productivity for Blended Obstetric Units<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2008 Eve Hall Scholarship USA Winner 1 of 2: Stephanie Manning from St. Lukas Episcopal Health System, Houston, TX<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 6 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Improving Workforce Efficiencies- Conserving Resources<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2008 Eve Hall Scholarship USA Winner 2 of 2: Brandi Yaeck from Ridgeview Medical Center, Waconia, MN<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Volume 28 Year in Review<\/strong> (Published 2009)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 1 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Indirect Hours- Supporting Staff and Patient Care<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recommended Percentages for Indirect Labor, Education &amp; Orientation Hours<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2008 Eve Hall Scholarship International Winner: Chrystal Fox &amp; Lib Jones, Doncaster &amp; Bassetlaw Hospitals, UK<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 2 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Managing Your Non-Productive Budget<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Formulas for Calculating Your Non-Productive Benefit Time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Self vs. Selfish Scheduling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Employee Request Guidelines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Impact of Planned vs. Unplanned Absences<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Developing a Vacation Plan Form<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 3 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Results of the 2009 PSS\u2122 Annual Survey of Hours Report\u00a9- Part 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 4 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The 2009 PSS\u00a9 Annual Survey of Hours Report\u00a9- Part 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Magnet\u2122, Baldrige &amp; Planetree Participation Status<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Licensed &amp; Operational Beds, Average Daily Census &amp; Length of Stay<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Staffing Ratio Changes &amp; Workforce Distribution<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Response to Deficit Demand<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Peri-Operative and Remaining \u201cOther\u201d Units Hours of Care<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 5 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It\u2019s NOT Flu as Usual \u2013 Are You Ready for the H1N1?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Surge Capacity &amp; Workforce Planning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Staffing in the Eye of the Storm<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 6 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>2009 Nurse Manager Span of Control Results<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2009 Indirect Percentage Labor by Service Line Type<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2009 Eve Hall Scholarship Winner: Martha Giangiulio from Akron Children\u2019s Hospital, Akron, OH.&nbsp; \u201cBest Practices Developed; ADT Nurse Program\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Volume 29 Year in Review<\/strong> (Published 2010)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 1 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Central Staffing Office (CSO)\/Resource Delivery Models<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Nursing Care Delivery Models &amp; Its Impact on Your Budget<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CSO Mission Statement; CSO vs. Manager Resource Management Goals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Line Functions in Scheduling for Managers\/Staffers\/Scheduling Committee<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 2 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Vital Partnerships: Managers, Charge Nurses, Supervisors &amp; The CSO<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Defining \u201cRange of Staffing Elasticity\u201d For Staffing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Staffing for Erratic vs. Fluctuating Workload<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Healthcare Reform and ACO\u2019s \u2013 How will it Impact your Workforce<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 3 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Results Of The 2010 PSS\u2122 Annual Survey of Hours Report\u00a9 \u2013 Part 1<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Number 4 Topics:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The 2010 PSS\u2122 Annual Survey of Hours Report \u2013 Part 2<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Magnet\u2122, Baldridge &amp; 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