Comprehensive List of Factors Affecting Perceived Adequacy of Staffing

Literature Review If one uses the structure-processoutcome framework that is often used to measure quality of various parts of the health care system, the literature on staffing can be summarized by looking at the various structure-process-outcome variables. Most of the studies on nurse staffing in hospitals have focused on (1) patient outcomes such as pneumonia, urinary tract infections, failure to Claudia Schmalenberg, RN, MSN Marlene Kramer, RN, PhD Perception of Adequacy of Staffing Healthy Work Environments