Expanding what we know about off-peak mortality in hospitals.

Patti Hamilton; Sondip Mathur; Gretchen Gemeinhardt; Valerie Eschiti; Marie Campbell

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Expanding what we know about off-peak mortality in hospitals.

May 26, 2010

Hamilton P, Mathur S, Gemeinhardt G, et al. J Nurs Adm. 2010;40(3):124-8.

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This ethnographic study explores perceptions of patient safety among nurses working night and weekend shifts, and discusses these findings as a means of identifying methods to reduce the documented increase in adverse clinical outcomes for patients hospitalized at night or on weekends.

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