Relationship of nursing personnel and nursing home care quality

被引:62
作者
Bostick, JE [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Missouri, MU Sinclair Sch Nursing, Columbia, MO 65211 USA
关键词
Minimum Data Set (MDS); quality indicators; quality of nursing home care; staffing;
D O I
10.1097/00001786-200404000-00010
中图分类号
R47 [护理学];
学科分类号
1011 ;
摘要
The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between nurse staffing hours and 6 quality indicators: physical restraints, weight loss, incontinence, late loss activities of daily living decline, stages 1 to 4 pressure ulcers, and problem behaviors toward others. Increasing registered nurse staff hours may achieve better quality indicator scores for pressure ulcers. An increase in nurse aide hours should be carefully weighed with the amount of registered nurse staff time available for supervision and direction.
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