Nurse Staffing and Healthcare-Associated Infection, Unit-Level Analysis
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Nurse Staffing and Healthcare - associated Infections
JONA • Vol. 32, No. 6 • June 2002 The nation is facing a nursing shortage that is creating a crisis for quality healthcare and patient safety. Research has documented that problems with nurse staffing are associated with healthcare-associated infections and other adverse events that affect patient outcomes. These ominous facts, stated during the opening of an expert consultants meeting convened...
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عنوان ژورنال: JONA: The Journal of Nursing Administration
سال: 2019
ISSN: 1539-0721,0002-0443
DOI: 10.1097/nna.0000000000000748