Objective To systematically review the literature on relationships between characteristics of
the nurse work environment and five nurse-sensitive patient outcomes in hospitals. Data …

A small percentage of patients die during hospitalization or shortly thereafter, and it is widely
believed that more or better nursing care could prevent some of these deaths. The author …

Objectives: To update the Society of Critical Care Medicine's guidelines for ICU admission,
discharge, and triage, providing a framework for clinical practice, the development of …

BACKGROUND: Each year, nearly 7 million hospitalized patients acquire infections while
being treated for other conditions. Nurse staffing has been implicated in the spread of …

BACKGROUND: Patient safety climate (PSC) is an important work environment factor
determining patient safety and quality of care in healthcare organizations. Few studies have …

Background The health of critical care nurse work environments has been shown to affect
patient care outcomes as well as the job satisfaction and retention of registered nurses. The …

Background Nurse staffing has been linked to hospital patient outcomes; however, previous
results were inconsistent because of variations in measures of staffing and were only rarely …

Background It is now widely accepted that the mixed effect and success rates of strategies to
improve quality and safety in health care are in part due to the different contexts in which the …

Introduction Nurse understaffing is frequently hypothesized as a potential risk factor for
healthcare-associated infections (HAI). This study aimed to evaluate the role of nursing …

Importance There are substantial shortfalls in nurse staffing in US neonatal intensive care
units (NICUs) relative to national guidelines. These are associated with higher rates of …