Hospital mortality and optimality of nursing workload: A study on the predictive validity of the RAFAELA Nursing Intensity and Staffing system

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 60, Issue , 2016, Pages 46-53

  Junttila, Jaana K ^a,b   Koivu, Aija ^b   Fagerström, Lisbeth ^d   Haatainen, Kaisa ^b,c   Nykänen, Pirkko ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hospital mortality; Nursing intensity; Nursing workload; Patient classification system; Quantitative research; Scale development

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; DEATH; EMERGENCY CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; NURSING; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT CODING; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; REGISTRATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FINLAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; VALIDATION STUDY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FINLAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84962589668     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2016.03.008     Document Type: Article

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