A recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine indicates that when nurse staffing levels fall below target level, more patients have died.
The finding may provide guidance in a era of nursing shortages and cost-cutting, in that the focus should shift from cost to patient safety, said the authors of the research study.
According to Jack Needleman, a professor of health services at the University of Los Angeles, "Hospitals need to know what their nursing needs are for their patients, and they need to bring staffing into line. Patents are entitled to be safe in the hospital and to have care delivered reliably and to have nurse with enough time to make sure they aren't developing avoidable complication with permanent consequences."
For this study, the authors looked at almost 200,00 admissions and about 177,000 nursing shifts at 43 patient units.
To read the outcome of the study, please view the complete article from Healthday at:
http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=650936
The finding may provide guidance in a era of nursing shortages and cost-cutting, in that the focus should shift from cost to patient safety, said the authors of the research study.
According to Jack Needleman, a professor of health services at the University of Los Angeles, "Hospitals need to know what their nursing needs are for their patients, and they need to bring staffing into line. Patents are entitled to be safe in the hospital and to have care delivered reliably and to have nurse with enough time to make sure they aren't developing avoidable complication with permanent consequences."
For this study, the authors looked at almost 200,00 admissions and about 177,000 nursing shifts at 43 patient units.
To read the outcome of the study, please view the complete article from Healthday at:
http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=650936
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