INDIANAPOLIS—Nurse staffing is the foundation for excellent patient care and outcomes. The new edition of The Nurse Manager's Guide to Innovative Staffing from Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) will help readers assess their current challenges, implement updated care delivery models, and leverage innovative solutions.

Authors Jennifer Mensik Kennedy and Brienne Sandow have written The Nurse Manager’s Guide to Innovative Staffing, Third Edition, as a practical guide to help anyone who is involved in staffing and scheduling in acute care settings, including charge nurses, direct care nurses, chairs of shared governance, staffing committee members, nurse managers, and other nurse leaders. The revised edition includes detailed staffing plan, policy, and delivery model examples; calculation worksheets for full-time equivalencies, PTO, and productive versus non-productive time; strategies for introducing new processes and technology; real-world staffing experiences from frontline managers; and staffing and scheduling plans optimized for rural and critical access hospitals.

The book is available to purchase at SigmaMarketplace.org/SigmaBooks.  

The Nurse Manager’s Guide to Innovative Staffing, Third Edition
By Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN and Brienne Sandow, MSN, RN, NEA-BC
Published by Sigma, 2024
ISBN-13: 9781646481606 
EPUB ISBN: 9781646481613
PDF ISBN: 9781646481620 
Price: US $34.95
Trade paperback, 352 pages
Trim size: 6x9 in.

About the authors:

Jennifer Mensik Kennedy, PhD, MBA, RN, NEA-BC, FAAN, is an author and presenter and serves as the 38th President of the American Nurses Association. In this national leadership role, she boldly advocates for the nation’s 5.5 million RNs.

Brienne Sandow, MSN, RN, NEA-BC, is the Chief Operating Officer/Chief Nursing Officer at St. Luke’s Meridian Medical Center and Eagle Medical Plaza, part of the St. Luke’s Health System in Idaho.

About Sigma:
The Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (Sigma) is a nonprofit organization with the mission of developing nurse leaders anywhere to improve healthcare everywhere. Founded in 1922, Sigma has more than 100,000 active members and 600 chapters at institutions of higher education and healthcare partners from Armenia, Australia, and Botswana to Thailand, the United States, and Wales. Sigma members include clinical nurses and administrators, academic nurse educators and researchers, policymakers, entrepreneurs, and others working to fulfill the organization’s vision of connected, empowered nurses transforming global healthcare.

Learn more at SigmaNursing.org.