Two instruments for nursing wellbeing

See a bad week on your unit before it costs you a nurse.

Ward Check gives a nursing unit a weekly wellbeing number instead of an annual survey. Tier 1 is free and runs on the phone every nurse already carries. Tier 2 turns the same signal into a fairer roster, so an overloaded nurse is visible while you can still do something about it.

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How it works

From a ten second pulse to a fairer roster.

A unit's wellbeing is not one survey a year. It moves week to week. Ward Check reads that movement in four steps, from the daily pulse to the next schedule.

01
The daily pulse
Every nurse on shift logs confidence and clarity in ten seconds, between handover and the first round. No extra device, no login to chase.
02
Tools for the hard shift
Guided breathing with real time animation, the iCOVER protocol, the three sentence reference. A reason to open the app when the shift is hard, not only when it is calm.
03
One number per unit
The pulses add up to a single weekly reading for the unit. The lead sees the trend the day it moves, never a number tied to a name.
04
A fairer roster
Upload the schedule export you already produce. It comes back as a Burden Index per nurse, an equity grade per unit, and constraints reviewed every two weeks.
Two tiers, one signal

Start free. Add the roster grade when the unit is ready.

Tier 1 measures wellbeing. Tier 2 acts on what it found. The same signal runs through both, so nothing is rebuilt when you move up.

Tier 1 — Start here

BreatheAct — the daily pulse.

A cognitive readiness app for clinical staff. It lives on the phone every nurse already carries and asks for ten seconds a day.

  • Ten second Daily Pulse. Confidence and clarity, logged between handover and the first round.
  • Quick tools that work mid shift. Guided breathing with real time animation, the iCOVER protocol, the three sentence reference.
  • The data stays on the device. Personal entries never leave the phone they were logged on.
  • The unit lead sees aggregates only. A trend for the unit, never a number tied to a name.
Open BreatheAct → Free, open access. No account to roll out.

What the unit lead sees

B+ this week, unit aggregate

One readiness reading for the whole unit, refreshed as pulses come in. You see morale move the day it moves, not at the next quarterly survey.

When measuring is not enough, grade the roster.

Tier 2 — For unit leads ready to act

BreatheAct + Equinurse — the fairness graded schedule.

Tier 2 keeps the daily pulse and adds Equinurse. Upload a schedule export and the roster comes back graded, so unfair load is a number on the page, not a hunch.

  • Burden Index per nurse. Nights, weekends, and back to back shifts scored, so a heavy run shows before it becomes a resignation.
  • A to F equity grade per unit. One letter that says whether the load is shared fairly across the team.
  • Overtime patterns surfaced. Who carries the unit, and how often, drawn straight from the export.
  • Constraints reviewed every two weeks. No nights for childcare, reduced hours for recovery. The system prompts a review to confirm each one still holds.
Open Equinurse → Talk about a unit pilot

Equity grade, per unit

A
B
C
D
F

The line manager stays in control of every shift. Equinurse makes fairness measurable, so the call is informed rather than guessed.

What changes, what does not

The nurse keeps her phone. The lead gets a number.

No system to learn, no login to chase. Ward Check reads the unit through the phone every nurse already carries, and the schedule decision stays with the person who owns it.

Stays the same
  • The nurse uses the phone she already owns. No issued device, no shared terminal.
  • Personal pulse data stays on that device. It is never pooled and never shown by name.
  • The line manager owns every shift decision. The tool informs the call, it does not make it.
  • The roster export you already produce is the only input Equinurse needs.
Becomes measurable
  • Unit readiness, a weekly number that moves the day morale moves.
  • Burden Index per nurse, so a heavy run shows before it ends in a resignation.
  • An A to F equity grade that says whether the load is shared fairly.
  • Overtime patterns and constraints, reviewed on a two week cycle.
Privacy by design

The nurse is measured, never exposed.

A wellbeing tool only works if staff trust it. In Ward Check the individual entry stays private and only the unit aggregate is ever shown, so a nurse can log an honest pulse without it ever being read back to her.

On device first
Personal pulse entries stay on the phone they were logged on. There is no individual feed for a manager to open.
Aggregate only
The unit lead sees one reading for the unit. No pulse is ever attached to a name, and small units are not broken down further.
The manager decides
Equinurse grades the roster and surfaces the burden. The shift call stays with the line manager, who keeps full control.
Questions unit leads ask

Before a unit lead rolls this out, five things always come up.

Will my nurses actually use it?
The daily pulse takes ten seconds and runs on the phone every nurse already carries. There is no issued device and no shared terminal to queue for. BreatheAct is a PWA, so it installs from the browser without an app store. The quick tools, guided breathing and the iCOVER protocol, give a reason to open it on a hard shift, not only on a calm one.
Can a manager see how an individual nurse is doing?
No. Personal pulse entries stay on the nurse's own device. The unit lead only ever sees an aggregate reading for the whole unit. No pulse is attached to a name, and a small unit is not split into a group small enough to identify anyone.
What does Equinurse need from me?
A schedule export, the same roster file you already produce. Equinurse returns a Burden Index per nurse, an A to F equity grade for the unit, and the overtime patterns across the team. You can add exceptions, for example no nights for childcare or reduced hours during recovery, and the system prompts a review after two weeks to confirm each one still holds.
Does Equinurse build the roster for me?
No. The line manager stays in control of every shift. Equinurse measures the workload and grades the fairness so the decision is informed rather than guessed. It surfaces the burden, it does not make the call.
What does it cost?
Tier 1, BreatheAct, is free and open access. There is no account to roll out and nothing to install centrally. Tier 2 adds Equinurse for unit leads who want to act on the signal. If you are considering it across a unit, write to us and we will scope a pilot with you.

Give your unit a weekly wellbeing number.

If you run a nursing unit, start with BreatheAct today. When you are ready to grade the roster, write to us and we will scope a BreatheAct plus Equinurse pilot across the unit with you.

Talk about a unit pilot Start with BreatheAct