Tag: Nursing

Worse outcomes include avoidable patient deaths, readmissions, longer lengths of stay, decreased patient satisfaction, excess costs

Low staffing effects only partially mitigated by having temporary staff

However, planned departure rates, abusive or violent events, and unsafe conditions remained high

Harms include avoidable patient deaths, readmissions, longer lengths of stay, excess Medicare costs and forgone cost savings

Findings for both in-hospital death and 30-day postdischarge mortality

Greater reduction in systolic blood pressure seen among predominantly low-income Black and Hispanic stroke survivors

Symptoms of depression increase likelihood nurses plan to leave their job

Authors say leading reasons nurses leave health care signal opportunities for employers to reattract an existing nurse workforce

Most common type of mistreatment is ignoring the patient, refusing request for help, or failing to respond in a timely manner