Are hospital nurse staffing practices associated with postoperative cardiac events and death? A systematic review.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:Postoperative cardiac events are frequent complications of surgery, and their occurrence could be associated with suboptimal nurse staffing practices, but the existing evidence remains scattered. We systematically reviewed studies linking nurse staffing practices to postoperative cardiac events and two related outcomes, all-cause mortality and failure-to-rescue. METHODS:A systematic search of the English/French literature was undertaken in the CINAHL, PsychInfo, and Medline databases. Studies were included if they: a) were published between 1996 and 2018; b) used a quantitative design; c) examined the association between at least one of seven staffing practices of interest (i.e., staffing levels, skill mix, work environment characteristics, levels of education and experience o

SUBMITTER: Bourgon Labelle J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6797123 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature