Healthcare IT News June 21, 2024
A 10% reduction in hospital nurses could lead to patients having 7% higher odds of dying and an increase in preventable readmissions, according to researchers at Penn Nursing.
Replacing registered nurses with non-RN staff is dangerous to patients, according to a new study from the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing published in Medical Care.
WHY IT MATTERS
To assess how the struggle to recruit and retain hospital nurses affects patients, researchers looked at data on patient outcomes, 30-day mortality rates, 30-day readmissions, length of stay and patient satisfaction at 2,676 general acute care U.S. hospitals in 2019.
After conducting a cross-sectional analysis of three linked datasets from the American Hospital...
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