Nurse staffing levels, missed vital signs and mortality in hospitals: retrospective longitudinal observational study

• Main Authors: Peter Griffiths (Author), Jane Ball (Author), Karen Bloor (Author), Dankmar Böhning (Author), Jim Briggs (Author), Chiara Dall'Ora (Author), Anya De Iongh (Author), Jeremy Jones (Author), Caroline Kovacs (Author), Antonello Maruotti (Author), Paul Meredith (Author), David Prytherch (Author), Alejandra Recio Saucedo (Author), Oliver Redfern (Author), Paul Schmidt (Author), Nicola Sinden (Author), Gary Smith (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: National Institute for Health Research, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: Low nurse staffing levels are associated with adverse patient outcomes from hospital care, but the causal relationship is unclear. Limited capacity to observe patients has been hypothesised as a causal mechanism. Objectives: This study determines whether or not adverse outcomes are more...