EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICES IN DEVELOPING AND SUSTAINING SAFE, EFFECTIVE STAFFING AND WORKLOAD PLANNING FOR NURSES

Nurses are the biggest part of human resources in health system. Human resource planning in nursing is important in order to maintain patient care in a quality, safe and uninterrupted manner. Healthy working environments are also important factors affecting the sustainability of employment. Healthy work environments that maximize the health and well-being of nurses are the prior conditions to have best outcomes for nurses, patients, health care facilities and the health system. This article aims to emphasize evidence-based practices that can be used for developing and sustaining safe, effective staffing and workload planning