The impact of nurse staffing methodologies on nurse and patient outcomes: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Aim of this study is to systematically review and synthesize available evidence to identify the association between nurse staffing methodologies and nurse and patient outcomes.

Design

Systematic review and narrative synthesis.

Data sources

A search of MEDLINE (EBSCO), CINAHL (EBSCO) and Web of Science was conducted for studies published in English between January 2000 and January 2020.

Review methods

The reporting of this review and narrative synthesis was guided by the preferred reporting items for systematic and meta-analysis guidelines (PRISMA) statement and data synthesis guided by the Synthesis Without Meta-analysis (SWiM) guideline. The quality of each article was assessed using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool.

Results

Twenty-two studies met t

SUBMITTER: Twigg DE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9291075 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature