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  3. Nurse Staffing and Patient Outcomes

    Grif Alspach · 2003 · Critical Care Nurse · 103 citations

    This article presents the first analysis of the impact of mandated minimum-staffing ratios on nursing hours of care and skill mix in adult medical and surgical and definitive-observation units in a convenience sample of 68 acute hospitals participating in the California Nursing Outcomes Coalition project. Findings, stratified by unit type and hospital size, reveal expected changes as hospitals made observable efforts toward regulatory compliance. These data cannot affirm compliance with ratios per shift, per unit, at all times; however, they give evidence of overall compliance. Assessment of the impacts of the mandated ratios on two common indicators of patient care quality, the incidence of

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  6. Minimum Nurse-to-Patient Ratios Improve Staffing, Patient Outcomes

    Karen Rosenberg · 2021 · AJN, American Journal of Nursing · 7 citations

    According to this study: Minimum nurse-to-patient staffing ratios not only improve nurse staffing and patient outcomes but also yield a good return on investment.Staffing improvements of one fewer patient per nurse led to improvements in mortality, readmissions, and length of stay.

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