Linda C. Hofmann
Univeristy of Utah College of Nursing, USA
Biography
Dr. Hofmann’s background includes experience in an integrated health system where she served as Chief Nurse and Assistant Vice President responsible for patient care delivery, nursing standards, and overall nursing operations. Dr. Hofmann’s career includes contributions in teaching, Baccalaureate, Masters and Doctoral levels. Her specialty is leadership, health policy, quality, workforce, and healthcare finance. Research interests aret the nursing workforce, workload, patient acuity, novice to expert ratios and factors influencing stabilizing the nursing workforce with experienced and expert nurses. Dr. Hofmann is currently teaches in the Organizational Leadership, doctoral program in the College of Nursing at the University of Utah.
Abstract
Abstract : The evolution of patient classification systems (aka patient acutiy) and nurse-to-patient ratios