Better Nurse Autonomy Decreases the Odds of 30-Day Mortality and Failure to Rescue.

ABSTRACT:

Research purpose

Autonomy is essential to professional nursing practice and is a core component of good nurse work environments. The primary objective of this study was to examine the relationship between nurse autonomy and 30-day mortality and failure to rescue (FTR) in a hospitalized surgical population.

Study design

This study was a secondary analysis of cross-sectional data. It included data from three sources: patient discharge data from state administrative databases, a survey of nurses from four states, and the American Hospital Association annual survey from 2006-2007.

Methods

Survey responses from 20,684 staff nurses across 570 hospitals were aggregated to the hospital level to assess autonomy measured by a standardized scale. Logistic regression models were

SUBMITTER: Rao AD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5460530 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature