What does the research show about nurse staffing levels, patient care, and cost of that care?
Safe staffing saves life, saves money and improve patient care. A nurse that cares 1:8 nurse patient ratio, then death increased by 5 per 1000 patients than 1:4 ratio.There is an increase in death by 7% forveach additional patient a nurse cares according to journal of american medical association 2002. There is short hospital stay, quality of care, increase in lives saved according to health services research.
After ratios implemented in california health income raised from $12.5 billion to $ 20.5 billion in california. Improving nurse staffing is the cost effective strategy to improve patient care than other interventions according to nursing administration quarterly.
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