Higher nurse staffing levels associated with reductions in unplanned readmissions to intensive care or operating theatre, and in postoperative in-hospital mortality in heart surgery patients

Steven A. Frost; Evan Alexandrou

doi:10.1136/eb-2012-100893

Higher nurse staffing levels associated with reductions in unplanned readmissions to intensive care or operating theatre, and in postoperative in-hospital mortality in heart surgery patients

Steven A. Frost
, Evan Alexandrou

School of Nursing & Midwifery

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Abstract

Commentary on: Diya L, Van den Heede K, Sermeus W, Lesaffre E. The relationship between in-hospital mortality, readmission into the intensive care nursing unit and/or operating theatre and nurse staffing levels. J Adv Nurs 2012;68:1073-81.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	62-63
Number of pages	2
Journal	Evidence-Based Nursing
Volume	16
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/eb-2012-100893
Publication status	Published - 2013

Keywords

intensive care nursing
mortality
nursing
postoperative care
staffing

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Higher nurse staffing levels associated with reductions in unplanned readmissions to intensive care or operating theatre, and in postoperative in-hospital mortality in heart surgery patients

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