TY - JOUR
T1 - Nursing staffing, nursing workload, the work environment and patient outcomes
AU - Duffield, Christine
AU - Diers, Donna
AU - O'Brien-Pallas, Linda
AU - Aisbett, Chris
AU - Roche, Michael
AU - King, Madeleine
AU - Aisbett, Kate
N1 - Funding Information:
This research was funded by NSW Health. The views expressed in this article are the authors' and do not necessarily reflect the views of the funding organization. The authors wish to acknowledge the support given this research by the following individuals and organizations: the NSW Health Nursing and Midwifery Office, in particular Adjunct Professor Debra Thoms, Adjunct Professor Judith Meppem, Adjunct Professor Kathy Baker, Professor Mary Chiarella, Adjunct Professor Joan Englert, Ms. Marianne Goodwin, and Dr Cecilia Lau; Dr. Sping Wang and Dr. Xiaoqiang Li of the Nursing Health Services Research Unit, University of Toronto; Dr. Barbara McCloskey; Ms. Nancy van Doorn; Ms. Christine Catling-Paull; the Human Resources and Information Technology Departments across the NSW public health system; and the many nurses who participated in this study.
PY - 2011/11
Y1 - 2011/11
N2 - Nurse staffing (fewer RNs), increased workload, and unstable nursing unit environments were linked to negative patient outcomes including falls and medication errors on medical/surgical units in a mixed method study combining longitudinal data (5 years) and primary data collection.
AB - Nurse staffing (fewer RNs), increased workload, and unstable nursing unit environments were linked to negative patient outcomes including falls and medication errors on medical/surgical units in a mixed method study combining longitudinal data (5 years) and primary data collection.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/81255172860
U2 - 10.1016/j.apnr.2009.12.004
DO - 10.1016/j.apnr.2009.12.004
M3 - Article
C2 - 20974086
AN - SCOPUS:81255172860
SN - 0897-1897
VL - 24
SP - 244
EP - 255
JO - Applied Nursing Research
JF - Applied Nursing Research
IS - 4
ER -