Effects of nurse staffing and nurse education on patient deaths in hospitals with different nurse work environments

Medical Care

Volumn 49, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1047-1053

  Aiken, Linda H ^a   Cimiotti, Jeannie P ^a   Sloane, Douglas M ^a   Smith, Herbert L ^a   Flynn, Linda ^b   Neff, Donna F ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b New Jersey   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

comparative effectiveness; hospital nurse staffing; hospital work environment; nurse education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEATH; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INVESTMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAFF NURSE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EDUCATION, NURSING; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 81355160556     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e3182330b6e     Document Type: Article

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