Background The contribution of registered nurses towards safe patient care has been
demonstrated in many studies. However, most of the evidence linking staffing levels to …

Objectives “Failure to rescue”(FTR) is the failure to prevent a death resulting from a
complication of medical care or from a complication of underlying illness or surgery. There is …

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Background Nurses comprise the largest component of the health workforce worldwide and
numerous models of workforce allocation and profile have been implemented. These …

Aim To evaluate the impact of implementing Advanced Nurse Practitioner roles on patients,
staff members and organizational outcomes in an acute hospital. Background The …

Purpose: Theoretically, patient satisfaction is correlated with nursing care, but there is not
sufficient evidence to support it. The aim of this study was to address three research …

Background Compassion is an essential part of nursing practice. However recent high
profile public inquiries have uncovered failings in the NHS and revealed a need for nursing …

Aim The aim of this study to describe a research protocol for evaluating the relationship
between nursing leadership, organisational well‐being and nurse and patient outcomes …

Background Pressure ulcers are considered to be an adverse outcome of care that should
never occur in clinical practice. The formation of a pressure ulcer is also perceived to be an …

Introduction Identifying safe approaches to nurse staffing in hospital wards is a key
challenge for health service providers. The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence …