Continuing and worsening nurse shortages nationally and internationally have reignited the
debate in Australia about the methods of measuring nursing workload. As workload is one of …

Objective In an effort to better understand turnover rates in hospitals and the effect of new
nurses on them, this study sought to describe the characteristics and attitudes toward work of …

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ECONOMIC$/March-April 2009/Vol. 27/No. 2 NE W LY LICENSEDREGISTERED nurses …

Objective. To compare alternative measures of nurse staffing and assess the relative
strengths and limitations of each measure. Data Sources/Study Setting. Primary and …

Abstract This study of 827,430 patients, 733 hospitals, and 25 states compares state
performance in patient satisfaction with the supply of registered nurses. A significant …

The debate about how best to determine nurse staffing levels continues. The conventional
wisdom is that determining staffing levels is something best left to local management, taking …

Proponents of mandatory, inpatient nurse-to-patient staffing ratios have lobbied state
legislatures and the United States Congress to enact laws to improve overall working …

Aims and objectives. The aim of this study is to describe nurses' evaluations of factors that
are hindering implementation of child‐focused family nursing (CF‐FN) into adult psychiatric …

Objectives Affirmative action providing higher education access for socially vulnerable
students has been implemented in several countries. However, these policies remain …

The effectiveness of methods for determining nurse staffing is unknown. Despite a great deal
of interest in Canada, efforts conducted to date indicate that there is a lack of consensus on …