The association between nurse staffing and omissions in nursing care: A systematic review

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 74, Issue 7, 2018, Pages 1474-1487

  Griffiths, Peter ^a,b   Recio Saucedo, Alejandra ^a,b   Dall'Ora, Chiara ^a,b   Briggs, Jim ^c   Maruotti, Antonello ^a   Meredith, Paul ^d   Smith, Gary B ^e   Ball, Jane ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b National Institute for Health Research Collaboration for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care ^*  (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTSMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d PORTSMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

care left undone; hospital; implicit rationing; missed care; nursing staff; quality; skill mix; systematic review; workforce

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; NURSES; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING;

EID: 85048874913     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.13564     Document Type: Review

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