| Literature DB >> 20974086 |
Christine Duffield1, Donna Diers, Linda O'Brien-Pallas, Chris Aisbett, Michael Roche, Madeleine King, Kate Aisbett.
Abstract
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.Entities:
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Year: 2010 PMID: 20974086 DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2009.12.004
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Appl Nurs Res ISSN: 0897-1897 Impact factor: 2.257