In a health care system, our most valuable asset is the workforce who cares for patients.  Outcomes will be optimized if the workforce feels valued, has adequate resources, is properly trained, and has enough competent nurses working together. In this video, Anne Dabrow Woods, Chief Nurse of Wolters Kluwer Health Learning, Research and Practice, talks about the importance of staffing models, nurse competency and patient acuity and how we can use these three things to improve practice and optimize patient outcomes.