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  • 1.  Staffing Care models

    Posted 06-10-2025 10:58

    Hello, are there any specific staffing models that organizations are using in specialiaty care or promptcare settings in ambulatory? 



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    Rachel Hamer MSN BSN
    OSF Healthcare
    Morton IL
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  • 2.  RE: Staffing Care models

    Posted 06-10-2025 16:31

    I'm curious about this as well. I'd love to see how others are determining the ratio of nursing support needed per specialty. Is patient acuity/complexity being considered in a standardized way? Or, are most areas using provider FTE or patient volumes to determine RN support?



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    Amelia Gonzales-Corbin
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    Albuquerque NM
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  • 3.  RE: Staffing Care models

    Posted 07-01-2025 19:27

    I am interested in the same thing. Have you received any responses?



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    Sarah Sizemore
    Director, Ambulatory
    Alabaster AL
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  • 4.  RE: Staffing Care models

    Posted 07-02-2025 10:50

    No I have not. I put out another post yesterday hoping for a response. 



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    Rachel Hamer MSN BSN
    OSF Healthcare
    Morton IL
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  • 5.  RE: Staffing Care models

    Posted 07-03-2025 09:46

    I work for an FQHC. We use the FTE model to determine staffing ratios.



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    Bekime Branch RN
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  • 6.  RE: Staffing Care models

    Posted 08-14-2025 07:23

    What do you mean by FTE model?



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    Sarah Sizemore
    Director, Ambulatory
    Alabaster AL
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  • 7.  RE: Staffing Care models

    Posted 08-14-2025 08:45

    The FTE model is a methos used to compare workload based on the number for full-time equivalent employees need to complete it.  It is very useful when you have a mix of full-time and part-time employees.  For example, in our clinic a full-time Primary Care PCP equals 1 FTE, where a full-time Psych APRN equals 0.5 FTE.  This would mean one nurse may have one Primary Care PCP, but another nurse would have 2 Psych APRNs.

     

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