Nurse Staffing and Patient Mortality in Intensive Care Units
Nursing ResearchPublished 1 September 2008
Sung-Hyun Cho, Jeong-Hae Hwang, Jaiyong Kim
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This study included 27,372 ICU patients discharged from 42 tertiary and 194 secondary hospitals to examine the relationship between nurse staffing and patient mortality in Korean intensive care units (ICUs).
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Nurse and physician staffing and specialization of ICUs impacted patient mortality. Associations differed in tertiary and secondary hospitals. Further investigation of the impact of organizational environments in ICUs is needed.
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