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Clinical Nutrition Staffing Benchmarks for Acute Care Hospitals

Published:April 20, 2015DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2015.03.020
Clinical Nutrition Staffing Benchmarks for Acute Care Hospitals
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      Due to budget constraints and increasing pressure in hospitals to manage and evaluate staff resources effectively, nutrition managers need standards against which to compare their staffing for registered dietitian nutritionists (RDNs). The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics addressed the issue of RDN staffing in the hospital setting in a comprehensive book published in 2004 discussing factors that should be included in a clinical staffing analysis.
      • Biesemeier C.
      Achieving Excellence: Clinical Staffing for Today and Tomorrow.
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      At that time, a staffing ratio of one RDN for every 65 to 75 patients (average census) for a medical/surgical acute care floor and a ratio of 1:30 to 1:60 for an intensive care unit was suggested, but not widely adopted, in the hospital industry.
      • Biesemeier C.
      Achieving Excellence: Clinical Staffing for Today and Tomorrow.
      American Dietetic Association, Chicago, IL2004
      There has not been a universally accepted number of RDNs that are employed based on average daily census or any other metrics.
      • Marcason W.
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      Published online: April 20, 2015

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      This article was written by Wendy Phillips, MS, RD, FAND, regional clinical nutrition manager, Morrison Healthcare, Charlottesville, VA; director, nutrition systems, University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville; and a certified lactation educator and a certified nutrition support clinician, Crozet, VA.

      STATEMENT OF POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author.

      FUNDING/SUPPORT There is no funding source or any other disclosures to report.

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      DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jand.2015.03.020

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