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Abstract
This article examines the literature on nurse to patient ratios to establish the impact on both patients and staff of understaffing on hospital wards. It discusses theories on ideal staff to patient ratios and the resource implications of these, and recommends a number of dynamic and innovative ways to allocate staff.Entities:
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Year: 2011 PMID： 21366010
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nurs Times ISSN： 0954-7762