Chronic hospital nurse understaffing meets COVID-19: an observational study
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Series Title(s):
- Research brief (Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics)
- Author(s):
- Lasater, Karen B., author Aiken, Linda H., author Sloane, Douglas M., author French, Rachel, author Martin, Brendan, author Reneau, Kyrani, author Alexander, Maryann, author McHugh, Matthew D., author
- Contributor(s):
- Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Philadelphia, PA : Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, February 2020
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Coronavirus Infections Health Workforce Nurses Nursing Staff, Hospital Pandemics Illinois New York United States
- Genre(s):
- Observational Study Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Key Findings. A study of hospitals in New York and Illinois at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic found that most did not meet benchmark patient-to-nurse staffing ratios for medical-surgical or intensive care units. New York City hospitals had especially low staffing ratios. Understaffed hospitals were associated with less job satisfaction among nurses, unfavorable grades for patient safety and quality of care, and hesitance by nurses and patients to recommend their hospitals.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (2 unnumbered pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations and Portraits
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101772309 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101772309