The impact of adding assistants in nursing to acute care hospital ward nurse staffing on adverse patient outcomes: An analysis of administrative health data

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 63, Issue , 2016, Pages 189-200

  Twigg, Diane E ^a,b   Myers, Helen ^a   Duffield, Christine ^a,c   Pugh, Judith D ^a,d   Gelder, Lucy ^a   Roche, Michael ^c  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d MURDOCH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assistants in nursing; Nursing; Nursing sensitive outcomes; Nursing workforce; Patient outcomes

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PNEUMONIA; STATISTICAL MODEL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; UTILIZATION;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PNEUMONIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84988322481     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2016.09.008     Document Type: Article

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