Associations of patient safety outcomes with models of nursing care organization at unit level in hospitals.

Carl-Ardy Dubois; Danielle D'Amour; Eric Tchouaket; Sean Clarke; Michèle Rivard; Régis Blais

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Associations of patient safety outcomes with models of nursing care organization at unit level in hospitals.

June 26, 2013

Dubois C-A, D'Amour D, Tchouaket E, et al. Int J Qual Health Care. 2013;25(2):110-7.

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Nursing care models in which registered nurses provided a higher proportion of direct care were associated with fewer patient safety incidents.

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