The cost of nurse-sensitive adverse events.

Sharon Holcombe Pappas

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The cost of nurse-sensitive adverse events.

June 4, 2008

Pappas SH. J Nurs Adm. 2008;38(5):230-236.

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This study determined that the actual direct cost of an adverse event was $1029 per congestive heart failure case and $903 per surgical case. The authors suggest that their methodology may assist nursing leadership in decision-making around staffing and prevention measures.

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