Higher quality of care and patient safety associated with better NICU work environments.

Eileen T. Lake; Sunny G. Hallowell; Ann Kutney-Lee; Linda A. Hatfield; Mary Del Guidice; Bruce Alan Boxer; Lauren N. Ellis; Lindsey Verica; Linda H. Aiken

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Higher quality of care and patient safety associated with better NICU work environments.

September 2, 2015

Lake ET, Hallowell SG, Kutney-Lee A, et al. J Nurs Care Qual. 2016;31(1):24-32.

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This survey of nurses found that those who rated their work environment as poor were more likely to report quality and safety problems, underscoring the well-described link between nurses' working conditions and patient safety. Improving nurse working conditions is a patient safety strategy.

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