Better Nurse Staffing and Nurse Work Environments Associated with Increased Survival of In-Hospital Cardiac Arrest Patients

Medical Care

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 74-80

  McHugh, Matthew D ^a   Rochman, Monica F ^a   Sloane, Douglas M ^a   Berg, Robert A ^b   Mancini, Mary E ^c   Nadkarni, Vinay M ^b   Merchant, Raina M ^d   Aiken, Linda H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT ARLINGTON   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

cardiopulmonary resuscitation; in hospital cardiac arrest; Nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEART ARREST; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPOTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SURVIVAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TIME TO TREATMENT; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEART ARREST; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME-TO-TREATMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84951304580     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000456     Document Type: Review

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