Post-operative mortality, missed care and nurse staffing in nine countries: A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Variation in post-operative mortality rates has been associated with differences in registered nurse staffing levels. When nurse staffing levels are lower there is also a higher incidence of necessary but missed nursing care. Missed nursing care may be a significant predictor of patient mortality following surgery.

Aim

Examine if missed nursing care mediates the observed association between nurse staffing levels and mortality.

Method

Data from the RN4CAST study (2009-2011) combined routinely collected data on 422,730 surgical patients from 300 general acute hospitals in 9 countries, with survey data from 26,516 registered nurses, to examine associations between nurses' staffing, missed care and 30-day in-patient mortality. Staffing and missed care measures

SUBMITTER: Ball JE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5826775 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature