Performance of the Safer Nursing Care Tool to measure nurse staffing requirements in acute hospitals: a multicentre observational study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The best way to determine nurse staffing requirements on hospital wards is unclear. This study explores the precision of estimates of nurse staffing requirements made using the Safer Nursing Care Tool (SNCT) patient classification system for different sample sizes and investigates whether recommended staff levels correspond with professional judgements of adequate staffing.

Design

Observational study linking datasets of staffing requirements (estimated using a tool) to professional judgements of adequate staffing. Multilevel logistic regression modelling.

Setting

81 medical/surgical units in four acute care hospitals.

Participants

22 364 unit days where staffing levels and SNCT ratings were linked to nurse reports of "enough staff for quality".

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SUBMITTER: Griffiths P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7232629 | biostudies-literature | 2020 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature