Tag: Nursing
Family Medicine-Only Staffing at Birthing Hospitals Tied to Fewer C-Sections
Additionally, family medicine-only staffed hospitals have stronger nursing-rated safety culture
Readmission Varies With Discharge Setting for Adult Sepsis Survivors
High risk for 30-day readmission seen with discharge to skilled nursing facilities, home health care, and home
Cutting Proportion of RNs on Care Teams Tied to Worse Outcomes
Worse outcomes include avoidable patient deaths, readmissions, longer lengths of stay, decreased patient satisfaction, excess costs
Low Nurse Staffing Tied to Higher Risk for Patient Death
Low staffing effects only partially mitigated by having temporary staff
Nurses Report Improved Workplace Conditions in 2023 Versus 2022
However, planned departure rates, abusive or violent events, and unsafe conditions remained high
Substituting Lower-Wage Staff for Registered Nurses Tied to Worse Outcomes
Harms include avoidable patient deaths, readmissions, longer lengths of stay, excess Medicare costs and forgone cost savings
Hospital Nursing Resources Tied to COVID-19 Survival
Findings for both in-hospital death and 30-day postdischarge mortality
Nurse Case Management Boosts Benefit of Home BP Telemonitoring
Greater reduction in systolic blood pressure seen among predominantly low-income Black and Hispanic stroke survivors
Coworker, Organizational Support Increase Nurses’ Intent to Stay at Job
Symptoms of depression increase likelihood nurses plan to leave their job
