Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website.
Skip to main content
Study

Nurse staffing, nursing assistants and hospital mortality: retrospective longitudinal cohort study.

Griffiths P, Maruotti A, Saucedo AR, et al. Nurse staffing, nursing assistants and hospital mortality: retrospective longitudinal cohort study.  BMJ Qual Saf. 2019;28(8):609-617. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008043.

Save
Print
July 19, 2019
Griffiths P, Maruotti A, Saucedo AR, et al.  BMJ Qual Saf. 2019;28(8):609-617.
View more articles from the same authors.

There is a clear link between nurse staffing ratios and patient safety. This study corroborates the finding that lower registered nurse staffing and higher numbers of patients admitted per nurse are associated with increased rates of in-hospital mortality. The results underscore the importance of adequate nursing to ensure safe acute care.

Save
Print
Cite
Citation

Griffiths P, Maruotti A, Saucedo AR, et al. Nurse staffing, nursing assistants and hospital mortality: retrospective longitudinal cohort study.  BMJ Qual Saf. 2019;28(8):609-617. doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2018-008043.