The Impact of Staffing on Patient Outcomes Across Specialty Units
JONA The Journal of Nursing AdministrationPublished 1 December 2002
Gayle R. Whitman, Yookyung Kim, Lynda J. Davidson, Gail A. Wolf, Shiaw-Ling Wang
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The impact of staffing on outcomes is highly variable across specialty units; however, when present, the relationships are inversely related with lower staffing levels, resulting in higher rates of all outcomes.
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Results from this study suggest that the impact of staffing on outcomes is highly variable across specialty units; however, when present, the relationships are inversely related with lower staffing levels, resulting in higher rates of all outcomes.
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