Nursing workload, patient safety incidents and mortality: An observational study from Finland

BMJ Open

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2018, Pages

  Fagerström, Lisbeth ^a,b   Kinnunen, Marina ^c   Saarela, Jan ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^c VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

human resource management; risk management

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DISEASE COURSE; DRUG SAFETY; EFFECT SIZE; EMERGENCY CARE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CODING; PATIENT SAFETY; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEASON; WORKLOAD; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REPRODUCIBILITY;

FINLAND; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 85051120613     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-016367     Document Type: Article

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