Nurse staffing level and overtime associated with patient safety, quality of care, and care left undone in hospitals: A cross-sectional study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 60, Issue , 2016, Pages 263-271

  Cho, Eunhee ^a   Lee, Nam Ju ^b   Kim, Eun Young ^c   Kim, Sinhye ^a   Lee, Kyongeun ^a   Park, Kwang Ok ^d   Sung, Young Hee ^e  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Dong A University   (South Korea)

^d Sunchon National University   (South Korea)

^e Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Care left undone; Nurse staffing; Overtime; Patient safety; Quality of care; Workforce; Workload

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF NURSING CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT FAILURE; WORKLOAD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84969931998     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2016.05.009     Document Type: Article

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