Nurse understaffing associated with adverse outcomes for surgical admissions
Understaffing by both registered nurses and nursing assistants is associated with increased risks of a range of adverse events, and generally larger effects are seen with registered nurse understaffing.
Authors
- Paul Meredith (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5464-371X)
- Lesley Turner (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1489-3471)
- Christina Saville (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7718-5689)
- Peter Griffiths (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2439-2857)
Institutions
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (GB)
- Portsmouth Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
- University of Southampton (GB)
- NIHR Applied Research Collaboration West (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- British journal of surgery
- Published
- 2024-08-30
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znae215
- Citations
- 9
- Primary Topic
- Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.62
Funders
- University of Southern California
- National Institute for Health and Care Research
- University of Southampton
- University of Bristol