Patients' perceptions of nurse staffing, nursing care, adverse events, and overall satisfaction with the hospital experience.
Noticeably absent in the discussions surrounding nurse staffing and adverse events is the patients' perspective, except for their satisfaction with various aspects of their hospitalization experience. The results of a study undertaken to test a theoretical model of patients' perceptions of nurse staffing, the nursing care they receive, self-reported adverse events, and overall satisfaction with the hospital experience are presented. Perception of nurse staffing only weakly predicted the number of adverse events reported by patients, but was a strong predictor of the perception of nursing care received, and the perception of nursing care received was the only significant predictor of overall satisfaction with the hospital experience.
Schmidt
Lee A
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University of Miami, School of Nursing, Coral Gables, FL, USA.
D000046:Academic Medical Centers; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D005431:Florida; D006764:Hospitals, Community; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients / Q000523:psychology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000523:psychology / Q000592:standards*; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000600:supply & distribution*; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling / Q000592:standards*; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D019984:Quality Indicators, Health Care; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires / Q000592:standards*; D013781:Texas; D016526:Workload