MedPage Today August 19, 2024
— Temporary staffing not the answer, according to study
Insufficient staffing with RNs and nurse support staff in hospitals was associated with an increased risk of patient death, a longitudinal observational study from England suggested.
In a cohort of over 600,000 hospitalized patients, each day of low RN staffing was associated with an increased risk of death within 30 days of admission (adjusted HR 1.08, 95% CI 1.07-1.09), as was each day of low nurse support staffing (aHR 1.07, 95% CI 1.06-1.08), reported Peter Griffiths, RN, PhD, of the University of Southampton, and co-authors in JAMA Network Open.
While these findings aren’t novel, knowing the level of nurse staffing for every single day of a patient’s stay makes it more...
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