The association of shift-level nurse staffing with adverse patient events

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 64-70

  Patrician, Patricia A ^a   Loan, Lori ^b   McCarthy, Mary ^b   Fridman, Moshe ^c   Donaldson, Nancy ^d   Bingham, Mona ^e   Brosch, Laura R ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c AMF Consulting   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e BROOKE ARMY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f U S ARMY MEDICAL RESEARCH AND MATERIEL COMMAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; EDUCATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INJURY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MANPOWER; MEDICATION ERROR; MILITARY NURSING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; BAYES THEOREM; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MEDICATION ERRORS; MILITARY NURSING; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RISK MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 79551476031     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNA.0b013e31820594bf     Document Type: Article

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