Sources of nurse-sensitive inpatient safety improvement.

Linda Dynan; Richard B. Smith

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Sources of nurse-sensitive inpatient safety improvement.

December 21, 2022

Dynan L, Smith RB. Health Serv Res. 2022;57(6):1235-1246.

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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.

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