The charge nurse is responsible for creating daily nurse/patient assignments, which are informed by the location of the patient within a unit and the clinical judgment of the charge nurse. Assignments ...

Stesha Selsky and Meg Furukawa will offer more detail during their HIMSS23 session "Building and Validating a Workload Acuity Tool." It is scheduled for Wednesday, April 19, at 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

NORFOLK, Va. — Registered Nurse Kristen Danley recalls working as a charge nurse for the 5 West unit at Sentara Leigh Hospital. She held the responsibility of assigning patients to nurses but she says ...