Sources of nurse-sensitive inpatient safety improvement.
Dynan L, Smith RB. Sources of nurse‐sensitive inpatient safety improvement. Health Serv Res. 2022;57(6):1235-1246. doi:10.1111/1475-6773.13979.
Nurses play a critical role in ensuring patient safety, and prior research has shown that better nurse-staffing ratios and nurse engagement can improve mortality rates. This study of nearly 300 Florida acute-care hospitals evaluated the effect of expenditures on continuing nurse education staffing ratios of several AHRQ Patient Safety Indicators (PSI). Increased spending on both improved outcomes in catheter-related blood stream infections, pressure ulcers, and deep vein thrombosis.