Nurse staffing skill mix and acuity-adjusted provision ratios in Swedish neonatal care: A cohort benchmark study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The development of neonatal intensive care has substantially reduced infant mortality, still, infants remain at high risk for adverse outcomes. Safe care relies on adequate nurse staffing and an appropriate skill mix, which is especially important in neonatal intensive care as infants are extremely vulnerable to harm when quality lapses occur. Although international guidelines recommend optimal nurse-to-patient ratios for neonatal care, these standards have not been fully implemented, leaving it unclear whether current staffing levels align with recommendations for safe staffing.

Objective

To benchmark the acuity-adjusted registered nurse staffing provision ratio in neonatal intensive care and determine the skill mix distribution and variation of nursing staff acr

SUBMITTER: Dillner P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12808838 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature