Sökning: "nurse staffing"
Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 avhandlingar innehållade orden nurse staffing.
1. Nurse staffing, care left undone and patient mortality in acute hospitals
Sammanfattning : Failures in the care provided in hospitals may threaten patient safety. Research since the 1980s has established an association between lower registered nurse (RN) staffing levels and higher risk of death in acute hospitals. When RNs have more patients to care for, there is also a greater chance that some nursing care is missed. LÄS MER
2. Conditions for care : factors in the nurse work environment related to safe and high quality care in acute care hospitals
Sammanfattning : Shortages of registered nurses (RNs) intensify challenges for healthcare service providers in matching an increasing demand for care with a sufficient healthcare workforce. Poor working conditions have been recognized to often precede RNs’ decision to leave the profession prematurely. LÄS MER
3. Dealing with variability in the design, planning and evaluation of Healthcare inpatient units : a modelling methodology for patient dependency variations
Sammanfattning : This research addresses the fluctuating demand and high variability in healthcare systems. These system’s variations need to be considered whilst at the same time making efficient use of the systems’ resources. LÄS MER
4. Pressure Ulcer Prevention : Performance and Implementation in Hospital Settings
Sammanfattning : Background: Pressure ulcers are related to reduced quality of life for patients and high costs for health care. Guidelines for pressure ulcer prevention have been available for many years but the problem remains. LÄS MER
5. Mind the gap : organizational factors related to transfers of older people between nursing homes and hospital care
Sammanfattning : The overall aim of the present thesis was to study factors related to transfers of older people between nursing homes, emergency department and hospital care.The thesis was based on four studies and used three methods: focus group discussions, structured review of electronic healthcare records, semi-structured interviews with registered nurses and general practitioners. LÄS MER