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.
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Christine
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Centre for Health Services Management, Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, University of Technology, Sydney, Broadway, NSW, Australia. christine.duffield@uts.edu.au
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O'Brien-Pallas
Linda
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Aisbett
Chris
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Roche
Michael
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King
Madeleine
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D006801:Humans; D009517:New South Wales; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D016526:Workload