Post-operative mortality, missed care and nurse staffing in nine countries: A cross-sectional study
- Ball, Jane E
- Bruyneel, Luk
- Aiken, Linda H
- Sermeus, Walter
- Sloane, Douglas M
- Rafferty, Anne Marie
- Lindqvist, Rikard
- Tishelman, Carol
- Griffiths, Peter
Publication date
February 2018
DOI Publisher
Pergamon Press ISSN
0020-7489 Journal
issn:0020-7489 Citation count (estimate)
6Abstract
Variation in post-operative mortality rates has been associated with differences in registered nurse staffing levels. When nurse staffing levels are lower there is also a higher incidence of necessary but missed nursing care. Missed nursing care may be a significant predictor of patient mortality following surgery.status: publishe
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