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Webinar

Beyond staffing ratios: Building assignments around real nurse workload

Thursday, September 3, 2026
5:00 PM-6:00 PM

About the webinar

Traditional staffing models often rely on patient ratios and acuity scores, but they can miss the day-to-day realities that shape a nurse’s workload. Join nurse leaders from Indiana University Health as they share how their team developed and scaled a workload-based assignment tool that captures the true complexity of nursing work.

Things you'll learn:

  • How to measure nursing workload beyond traditional staffing ratios and acuity models.
  • How to build fairer patient assignments using workload data and frontline nurse input.
  • How to scale workload measurement and assignment practices.

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Speakers

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Allyson Paiewonsky, MPH

Research consultant, Nursing and workforce research
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Mary Drewes, MBA, MSN, RN, NEA-BC

Vice President, Associate Chief Nurse Executive
Indiana University Health
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Alexia Oaks, BSN, RN

Senior Specialist, System Nursing
Indiana University Health
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RJ Niewoehner, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Indiana University, Kelley School of Business

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