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Thesis
Does Nurse Staffing Legislation Lead to Better Patient Outcomes?
Washington State University
Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
05/2013
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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/4328
Abstract
Legislation in the United States regulating nurse staffing has increased on a state level and has been discussed at the Federal level. This increase has been justified by research that shows a negative association between inadequate nurse staffing and patient outcomes. Using a systematic review of the literature, the association between nurse staffing and adverse patient outcomes, including mortality and failure to rescue, is assessed. Literature supports that factors associated with nurse staffing—skill mix, education, work environment, and patient ratios—do have an impact on patient mortality. The effect of these staffing factors is not yet well understood and more research is needed to determine causal interactions.
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- Title
- Does Nurse Staffing Legislation Lead to Better Patient Outcomes?
- Creators
- Mistie MacDonald
- Contributors
- Alice E. Dupler (Advisor)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Research Projects, College of Nursing
- Theses and Dissertations
- Master of Nursing (MN), Washington State University
- Publisher
- Washington State University; Spokane, Washington
- Identifiers
- 99900590530001842
- Copyright
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us; Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United States (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 US)
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Thesis