Nurse staffing and patient outcomes: Strengths and limitations of the evidence to inform policy and practice. A review and discussion paper based on evidence …

P Griffiths, J Ball, J Drennan, C Dall'Ora, J Jones… - International journal of …, 2016 - Elsevier
A large and increasing number of studies have reported a relationship between low nurse
staffing levels and adverse outcomes, including higher mortality rates. Despite the evidence …

[HTML][HTML] The association between nurse staffing and quality of care in emergency departments: A systematic review

J Drennan, A Murphy, VJC McCarthy, J Ball… - International Journal of …, 2024 - Elsevier
Background The relationship between nurse staffing, skill-mix and quality of care has been
well-established in medical and surgical settings, however, there is relatively limited …

Nurse staffing and inpatient mortality in the English National Health Service: a retrospective longitudinal study

B Zaranko, NJ Sanford, E Kelly, AM Rafferty… - BMJ quality & …, 2023 - qualitysafety.bmj.com
Objective To examine the impact of nursing team size and composition on inpatient hospital
mortality. Design A retrospective longitudinal study using linked nursing staff rostering and …

Errors in nurse-led triage: an observational study

D Ausserhofer, A Zaboli, N Pfeifer, P Solazzo… - International journal of …, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Nurses play a crucial role in correctly prioritizing patients entering emergency
departments. However, little is known of the accuracy of nurse-led triage systems. Objectives …

On the threshold of safety: A qualitative exploration of nurses' perceptions of factors involved in safe staffing levels in emergency departments

LA Wolf, C Perhats, AM Delao, PR Clark… - Journal of emergency …, 2017 - Elsevier
Introduction The emergency department is a unique practice environment in that the
Emergency Medical Treatment and Active Labor Act (EMTALA), which mandates a medical …

[HTML][HTML] Decreased nursing staffing adversely affects emergency department throughput metrics

Z Ramsey, JS Palter, J Hardwick, J Moskoff… - Western Journal of …, 2018 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Methods We conducted a retrospective observational review of our electronic medical
record database from 1/1/2015 to 12/31/2015 at a high-volume, urban public hospital. We …

[HTML][HTML] Establishing enablers and barriers to implementing the HIRAID® emergency nursing framework in rural emergency departments

B Kennedy, K Curtis, S Kourouche, L Casey… - Australasian Emergency …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Background Rural Australia has large geographic distances between emergency
departments with variability of services and medical support. Emergency nurses must be …

Nursing staff ratio and skill mix in Swedish emergency departments: A national cross‐sectional benchmark study

MA Amritzer, Å Muntlin, LM Berg… - Journal of nursing …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Aim The aim of this study is to describe ratio and skill mix for nursing staff in Swedish
emergency departments over a specific 24‐h period. Background The link between number …

Increasing accuracy in documentation through the application of a structured emergency nursing framework: a multisite quasi‐experimental study

B Munroe, K Curtis, M Fry, RZ Shaban… - Journal of Clinical …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aims and Objectives To determine if the use of an emergency nursing framework
improves the accuracy of clinical documentation. Background Accurate clinical …

Development and validation of an assessment tool for nursing workload in emergency departments

S Iordache, M Elseviers, R De Cock… - Journal of Clinical …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Aims To develop the Workload Assessment of Nurses on Emergency (WANE) tool
and to test its validity and reliability to measure nursing workload in the emergency …