Title

Nurse staffing and patient, nurse, and financial outcomes

Authors

Authors

L. Unruh

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Am. J. Nurs.

Keywords

INTENSIVE-CARE-UNIT; JOB-SATISFACTION; REGISTERED NURSES; ADVERSE; EVENTS; ORGANIZATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; NEEDLESTICK INJURIES; WORK; SATISFACTION; HOSPITAL NURSES; MORTALITY; HEALTH; Nursing

Abstract

Because there's no scientific evidence to support specific nurse-patient ratios, and in order to assess the impact of hospital nurse staffing levels on given patient, nurse, and financial outcomes, the author conducted a literature review. The, evidence shows that adequate staffing and balanced workloads are central to achieving good outcomes, and the author offers recommendations for ensuring appropriate nurse staffing and for further research.

Journal Title

American Journal of Nursing

Volume

108

Issue/Number

1

Publication Date

1-1-2008

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

62

Last Page

71

WOS Identifier

WOS:000252423300031

ISSN

0002-936X

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