Registered Nurse and HCA staffing levels: the effects on mortality
Registered Nurse and HCA staffing levels: the effects on mortality
Findings of a new study by researchers from UK universities and a hospita ltrust confirm the large body of existing research showing that low nurse staffing levels are associated with a range of adverse outcomes, notably mortality. For each day of registered nurse (RN) staffing below the mean, the risk of death increased by 3%. The results were very different for healthcare assistants (HCAs), which shows that HCAs cannot make up for deficits in patient safety arising from shortages of RNs.
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Griffiths, Peter
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January 2019
Griffiths, Peter
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Griffiths, Peter
(2019)
Registered Nurse and HCA staffing levels: the effects on mortality.
Nursing Times, .
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Findings of a new study by researchers from UK universities and a hospita ltrust confirm the large body of existing research showing that low nurse staffing levels are associated with a range of adverse outcomes, notably mortality. For each day of registered nurse (RN) staffing below the mean, the risk of death increased by 3%. The results were very different for healthcare assistants (HCAs), which shows that HCAs cannot make up for deficits in patient safety arising from shortages of RNs.
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Accepted/In Press date: 11 December 2018
e-pub ahead of print date: 20 December 2018
Published date: January 2019
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/427938
ISSN: 0954-7762
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