Contextually appropriate nurse staffing models: a realist review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Decisions about nurse staffing models are a concern for health systems globally due to workforce retention and well-being challenges. Nurse staffing models range from all Registered Nurse workforce to a mix of differentially educated nurses and aides (regulated and unregulated), such as Licensed Practical or Vocational Nurses and Health Care Aides. Systematic reviews have examined relationships between specific nurse staffing models and client, staff and health system outcomes (eg, mortality, adverse events, retention, healthcare costs), with inconclusive or contradictory results. No evidence has been synthesised and consolidated on how, why and under what contexts certain staffing models produce different outcomes. We aim to describe how we will (1) conduct a realist

SUBMITTER: Tate K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11086385 | biostudies-literature | 2024 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature