Hospital nurse practice environments and outcomes for surgical oncology patients.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the effect of nursing practice environments on outcomes of hospitalized cancer patients undergoing surgery.

Data sources

Secondary analysis of cancer registry, inpatient claims, administrative and nurse survey data collected in Pennsylvania for 1998-1999.

Study design

Nurse staffing (patient to nurse ratio), educational preparation (proportion of nurses holding at least a bachelor's degree), and the practice environment (Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index) were calculated from a survey of nurses and aggregated to the hospital level. Logistic regression models predicted the odds of 30-day mortality, complications, and failure to rescue (death following a complication).

Principal findings

Unadjusted death, complication, and

SUBMITTER: Friese CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2517272 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature