An alternative way to conceptualise aspects of modern nursing

Daily, numerous efforts are made to manage nurse staffing levels, with significant time spent mitigating shortfalls to support the safest staffing position possible shift by shift. In a document on workforce development, NHS Improvement (2018) cited steps to support organisations to use best practice for effective staff deployment and workforce planning:

NHS England/NHS Improvement will check delivery of this annually; I am just reviewing my trust's annual process. Having reflected and written about ‘missed care’ and, like many nurse leaders, considered how we could further reduce harm from pressure damage, falls and other incidents, we know skill mix is a factor, but the issue of nursing workload is less prominent than it should be.

Reviewing 121 articles, Jackson et al (2021) identified that, while there is ample evidence nurses are under strain, the creation of a modern model of nursing may assist in developing workable solutions to professional issues and foster cohesion among teams. The work cited by Jackson et al (2021) included that reported by Benner in 1981, Corbin in 2008, Hockey and Allen-Collinson in 2009 and Allen in 2014.