Are high nurse workload/staffing ratios associated with decreased survival in critically ill patients? A cohort study
Abstract Background Despite the central role of nurses in intensive care, a relationship between intensive care nurse workload/staffing ratios and survival has not been clearly established. We determined whether there is a threshold workload/staffing ratio above which the probability of hospital sur...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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SpringerOpen
2017-05-01
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| Series: | Annals of Intensive Care |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13613-017-0269-2 |