Association of nursing workload and unplanned extubations in a pediatric intensive care unit

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 366-371

  Ream, Robert S ^a   Mackey, Kevin ^a   Leet, Terry ^b   Green, M Christine ^c   Andreone, Teresa L ^a   Loftis, Laura L ^a   Lynch, Robert E ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SSM Cardinal Glennon Children's Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Acuity; Extubation; Medical errors; Nursing; Pediatric intensive care unit; Staffing ratio; Therapeutic Intervention Scoring System; Workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EXTUBATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MEDICAL ERROR; NURSE PATIENT RATIO; NURSING CARE; NURSING SHORTAGE; NURSING STAFF; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34447305227     PISSN: 15297535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.PCC.0000269379.40748.AF     Document Type: Article

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