title: Safe staffing is more than a numbers game.
abstract: Nothing gives a worse impression to the public than a nurse sitting at a desk, tapping away, when he or she should be at the bedside with patients.
authors.affiliation: Hampshire.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Bates
mesh_terms: D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital; D010561:Personnel Staffing and Scheduling; D006113:United Kingdom