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ICHRN Knowledge Library
  • Date
    2012-05-14
  • Title
    Patient turnover and the relationship between nurse staffing and patient outcomes

  • Journal

    Research in Nursing & Health
  • Publisher
    Wiley Periodicals, Inc
  • Year
    2012
  • Author
    Park SH, Blegen MA, Spetz J, Chapman SA & de Groot H
  • Description
    "We examined how the relationship between registered nurse (RN) staffing and failure-to-rescue (FTR) varied with patient turnover levels by analyzing quarterly data from the University HealthSystem Consortium. The data included 42 hospitals, representing 759 nursing units and about 1 million inpatients." (extract from abstract)
  • Categories
    Nursing Human Resources Management, Work Environment
  • Keywords
    staffing, outcomes, quality, safety, patient turnover,
  • Link
    http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/nur.21474/abstract

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