Association between better night-shift nurse staffing and surgical outcomes: A retrospective cohort study using a nationwide inpatient database in Japan.

Kojiro MoritaHiroki MatsuiSachiko OnoKiyohide FushimiHideo Yasunaga

Published in: Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing (2022)

This study showed that increased night-shift nurse staffing was not associated with a decrease in in-hospital mortality or failure to rescue, but it was associated with a reduction in the length of hospital stay. The examination of the effectiveness of increasing nurse staffing during a specific shift in acute care hospitals is potentially useful for health policymakers worldwide in their considerations of future nurse staffing policies.

Keyphrases

acute care
primary care
healthcare
public health
randomized controlled trial
adverse drug
emergency department
cross sectional
physical activity
risk assessment
human health