Table 3 Example of charting
Chart 1: Staffing | 1.1 Which staff, why | 1.2 Staff levels | 1.3 Role in preventing weekend effect | 1.4 Views on safe levels of staffing | 1.5 Impact of low staffing levels |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case 1 (reference) | Nurses—page no. | Ratios for safe care at weekends | Act as key knowledge keeper—vital in handover of information on discharge | Needs to be more …. |  |
Case 2 (reference) | Doctors | Rotas | Trainees tend to be more in evidence at weekends = lack of expertise available |  | Patients rushed to intensive care as no one to provide review when required |
Case 3 (Reference) | Phlebotomists | Nonexistent | Delays in handover of care and discharge | Rotas need adjusting to include more staff | Â |