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STUDY

Nurse staffing and inpatient hospital mortality.

Needleman J, Buerhaus P, Pankratz VS, Leibson CL, Stevens SR, Harris M. N Engl J Med. 2011;364:1037-1045.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Navigating the perfect storm: balancing a culture of safety with workforce challenges.

Nurs Res. 2008;57(suppl 1):S1-S24.

STUDY

Impact of the nurse shortage on hospital patient care: comparative perspectives.

Buerhaus PI, Donelan K, Ulrich BT, Norman L. DesRoches C, Dittus R. Health Aff (Millwood). 2007;26:853-862.

COMMENTARY

Wrong Route for Nutrients

Scott-Cawiezell JR, AHRQ WebM&M [serial online]. July 2008.

LEGISLATION/CASE LAW

Enacting the Washington state patient safety act requiring hospital staffing plans for nursing services and establishing recordkeeping and reporting requirements.

Washington State Legislature. HB 1602 (2003).

STUDY

Use of temporary nurses and nurse and patient safety outcomes in acute care hospital units.

Bae SH, Mark B, Fried B. Health Care Manage Rev. 2010;35:333-344.

BOOK/REPORT

Back to Basics.

Gima Z, Gosselar P, Levine A, Lincoln T, Ramirez A. Washington, DC: Public Citizen; August 6, 2009.

STUDY

Hospital nurse staffing and patient mortality, nurse burnout, and job dissatisfaction.

Aiken LH, Clarke SP, Sloane DM, Sochalski J, Silber JH. JAMA. 2002;288:1987-1993.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Perianesthesia Safety.

Windle PE, ed. J Perianesth Nurs. 2007;22:365-448.

STUDY

Managing unnecessary variability in patient demand to reduce nursing stress and improve patient safety.

Litvak E, Buerhaus PI, Davidoff F, Long MC, McManus ML, Berwick DM. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2005;31:330-338.

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Nurse staffing, burnout, and health care–associated infection.

Cimiotti JP, Aiken LH, Sloane DM, Wu ES. Am J Infect Control. 2012;40:486-490.

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Supplemental nurse staffing in hospitals and quality of care.

Aiken LH, Xue Y, Clarke SP, Sloane DM. J Nurs Admin. 2007;37:335-342.

REVIEW

Sleepy nurses: are we willing to accept the challenge today?

Surani S, Murphy J, Shah A. Nurs Adm Q. 2007;31:146-151.

COMMENTARY

Working conditions that support patient safety.

Hughes RG, Clancy CM. J Nurs Care Qual. 2005;20:289-292.

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Hospital nurse staffing and patient mortality, emotional exhaustion, and job dissatisfaction.

Halm M, Peterson M, Kandels M, et al. Clin Nurse Spec. 2005;19:241-251.

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Effects of nurse staffing and nurse education on patient deaths in hospitals with different nurse work environments.

Aiken LH, Cimiotti JP, Sloane DM, Smith HL, Flynn L, Neff DF. Med Care. 2011;49:1047-1053.

REVIEW

The effect of nurse staffing patterns on medical errors and nurse burnout.

Garrett C. AORN J. 2008;87:1191-1192, 1194, 1196-1200, 1202-1204.

STUDY

Nurse-staffing levels and the quality of care in hospitals.

Needleman J, Buerhaus P, Mattke S, Stewart M, Zelevinsky K. N Engl J Med. 2002;346:1715-1722.

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Operational failures and interruptions in hospital nursing.

Tucker AL, Spear SJ. Health Serv Res. 2006;41:643-662.

STUDY

Nurses' work schedule characteristics, nurse staffing, and patient mortality.

Trinkoff AM, Johantgen M, Storr CL, Gurses AP, Liang Y, Han K. Nurs Res. 2011;60:1-8.

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