Nursing Team Composition and Mortality Following Acute Hospital Admission
This cohort study found that having senior nurses in the nursing team did not mitigate the adverse outcomes associated with low nurse staffing. These findings indicate that while the benefits of avoiding low staffing may be greater than the harms associated with using temporary staff, particularly for RNs, risk remains elevated if temporary staff are used to fill staffing shortages, which challenges the assumption that temporary staff are a cost-effective long-term solution to maintaining patient safety.
Authors
- Chiara Dall’Ora (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6858-3535)
- Louise Bramley (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0425-1734)
- Francesca Lambert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0327-4325)
- Bruna Rubbo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1629-8601)
- Jonathan Drennan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7365-4345)
- Paul Meredith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5464-371X)
- David Culliford (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1663-0253)
- Liz Rix
- Lesley Turner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1489-3471)
- Christina Saville (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7718-5689)
- Jeremy Jones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2725-0937)
- Chris Bojke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2601-0314)
- A.J. Barraclough
- Oliver Redfern (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3596-3806)
- Jane Ball (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8655-2994)
- Rachel Taylor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3433-2743)
- Andy Charlwood (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5444-194X)
- Fiona Hyett
- Paul Scmidt
- Karen Swinson
- Neil Tape
- Lara Carmona
- Peter R. Griffiths
- Greg Bull
- Jo Fillingham
- Liam Flynn
- D.R. Shields
- Carol Stiles
Institutions
- Outcomes Research Consortium (US)
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (GB)
- Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
- University of Southampton (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- JAMA Network Open
- Published
- 2024-08-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.28769
- Citations
- 15
- Primary Topic
- Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 12.74