title: [Recommendations and Italian standards for setting safe staff nursing levels in hospitals: results of a consensus conference].
abstract: Nurse staffing levels have always been an issue and the optimal level and mix of nurses required to deliver quality care as cost-effectively as possible continues to be discussed at both national and international levels. In Italy, a network of experts rom ten local health and hospital authorities was set up in June 2010. The, main objectives of the network were to define, validate and approve a panel of relevant indicators, identify minimum standards of safety and develop recommendations to guide decision-making regarding hospital nurse staffing levels. The indicators and recommendations developed by the network are presented in this paper.
authors.affiliation: Università degli Studi di Verona, Italy. luisa.saiani@univr.it
authors.forename: Luisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Saiani
authors.forename: Annamaria
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Guarnier
authors.forename: Paolo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barelli
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Zambiasi
authors.forename: Elisabetta
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Allegrini
authors.forename: Letizia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Bazoli
authors.forename: Paola
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Casson
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Magon
authors.forename: Meri
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Mari
authors.forename: Marisa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Padovan
authors.forename: Michele
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Picogna
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Taddia
authors.forename: Daniele
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Salmaso
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007558:Italy; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000592:standards* / Q000600:supply & distribution; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000592:standards; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000592:standards*; D017751:Safety Management / Q000592:standards*; D016526:Workload