{"id":893,"date":"2011-09-06T16:56:21","date_gmt":"2011-09-06T16:56:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efnweb.be\/v2\/?page_id=893"},"modified":"2025-04-23T16:32:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-23T14:32:01","slug":"rn4cast","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?page_id=893","title":{"rendered":"RN4CAST"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Nurse Forecasting: Human Resources Planning in Nursing<\/h4>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18793 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/RN4Cast-logo.jpg?resize=300%2C90&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"90\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/RN4Cast-logo.jpg?resize=300%2C90&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/RN4Cast-logo.jpg?resize=585%2C176&amp;ssl=1 585w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/efn.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/RN4Cast-logo.jpg?w=730&amp;ssl=1 730w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The aim of \u00a0this 3 year project was to address deficiencies in forecasting models (which impact on nurse recruitment and retention, productivity, and patients\u2019 outcomes) and improve resources planning in Europe, starting working with the existing systems of planning resources and then will include planning models for Patient Safety.<\/p>\n<p>The project partners (consisting of 11 EU countries \u2013 Belgium, Finland, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Poland, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Netherlands, UK; and 4 outside Europe \u2013 China, South-Africa, Botswana and USA) collected data on general acute hospitals, which employ the majority of nurses, account for the largest number of consequential medical errors, and comprise the largest share of national health expenditures.<\/p>\n<p>The EFN took part in this project as member of the Advisory Board.<\/p>\n<p>This project started in the beginning of 2009.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on the outcomes of the project, click <a href=\"https:\/\/cordis.europa.eu\/project\/id\/223468\/reporting\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nurse Forecasting: Human Resources Planning in Nursing The aim of&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-893","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3058,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?page_id=3058","url_meta":{"origin":893,"position":0},"title":"Joint Action Health Workforce Planning and Forecasting","author":"efn efn","date":"October 26, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"To ensure access to high quality health services, having a health workforce in place with the right numbers, the right skills and in the right places is of key importance. 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