Relationship Between Number of Assigned Patients and RN Time to Administer Medications During the Peak-Time Medication Pass
Individual nurses spend more time overall delivering medications when assigned more patients. Nurses compensate for the increased patient load by only marginally reducing time spent with each patient, even after controlling for patient severity and other factors.
Authors
- Melissa K. Knox (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3757-4185)
- Laura A. Petersen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0875-1231)
- Paras Mehta (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7378-3179)
- Chase S. Eck (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3824-5997)
- Christine Yang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2800-6159)
Institutions
- Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (US)
- Baylor College of Medicine (US)
- Center for Innovation (US)
- University of Houston (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Medical Care
- Published
- 2025-12-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1097/mlr.0000000000002175
- Primary Topic
- Medication Adherence and Compliance
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00