Nursing staffing, nursing workload, the work environment and patient outcomes.
Nurse staffing (fewer RNs), increased workload, and unstable nursing unit environments were linked to negative patient outcomes including falls and medication errors on medical/surgical units in a mixed method study combining longitudinal data (5 years) and primary data collection.
Centre for Health Services Management, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology, Sydney, Broadway, NSW, Australia. christine.duffield@uts.edu.au
Christine
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Duffield
Donna
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Diers
Linda
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O'Brien-Pallas
Chris
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Aisbett
Michael
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Roche
Madeleine
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King
Kate
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Aisbett
D006801:Humans; D009517:New South Wales; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D016526:Workload