Expanding what we know about off-peak mortality in hospitals.
Hamilton P, Mathur S, Gemeinhardt G, et al. Expanding what we know about off-peak mortality in hospitals. J Nurs Adm. 2010;40(3):124-8. doi:10.1097/NNA.0b013e3181d0426e.
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.