Common predictors of nurse-reported quality of care and patient safety.

Amy Witkoski Stimpfel; Maja Djukic; Carol S. Brewer; Christine T. Kovner

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Common predictors of nurse-reported quality of care and patient safety.

June 28, 2017

Stimpfel AW, Djukic M, Brewer CS, et al. Health Care Manage Rev. 2019;44(1):57-66.

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Researchers analyzed survey data from 731 nurses to understand predictors of nurse-reported quality of care and patient safety. They found that both job satisfaction and organizational constraints were significant predictors of quality and safety.

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