Nurse staffing levels, missed vital signs and mortality in hospitals: retrospective longitudinal observational study

Nurse staffing levels, missed vital signs and mortality in hospitals: retrospective longitudinal observational study

Background: Low nurse staffing levels are associated with adverse patient outcomes from hospital care, but the causal relationship is unclear. Limited capacity to observe patients has been hypothesised as a causal mechanism. Objectives: This study determines whether or not adverse outcomes are more...

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Main Authors: Peter Griffiths, Jane Ball, Karen Bloor, Dankmar Böhning, Jim Briggs, Chiara Dall’Ora, Anya De Iongh, Jeremy Jones, Caroline Kovacs, Antonello Maruotti, Paul Meredith, David Prytherch, Alejandra Recio Saucedo, Oliver Redfern, Paul Schmidt, Nicola Sinden, Gary Smith
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: National Institute for Health Research 2018-11-01
Series:Health Services and Delivery Research
Subjects:
hospital mortality
hospitals
nursing staff
nurses
personnel staffing and scheduling
workload
nursing administration research
vital signs
quality of health care
patient safety
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.3310/hsdr06380

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