Nurse understaffing associated with adverse outcomes for surgical admissions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nurses play a crucial role in maintaining the safety of surgical patients. Few nurse staffing studies have looked specifically at surgical patients to examine the impact of exposure to low staffing on patient outcomes.

Methods

A longitudinal patient analysis was conducted in four organizations in England using routine data from 213 910 admissions to all surgical specialties. Patients' staffing exposures were modelled as counts of understaffed registered nurse and nurse assistant days in the first 5 inpatient days. Understaffing was identified when staffing per patient-day was below the mean for the ward. Cox models were used to examine mortality within 30 days of admission and readmission within 30 days of discharge. Generalized linear models were used to investig

SUBMITTER: Meredith P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11419734 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature