The proportion of understaffing and increased nursing workload are associated with multiple organ failure: A cross-sectional study.
Miia Marika JanssonPasi OhtonenHannu SyrjäläTero Ala-KokkoPublished in: Journal of advanced nursing (2020)
This is the first study that evaluates nurse staffing and nursing workload as potential risk factors for multiple organ failure and mortality. There is a need to ensure that intensive care units are consistently staffed based on real patient needs, 7 days a week and that personnel and services are available at all times for high-risk patients.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- mental health
- intensive care unit
- primary care
- end stage renal disease
- ejection fraction
- newly diagnosed
- prognostic factors
- risk factors
- physical activity
- quality improvement
- cardiovascular events
- randomized controlled trial
- cardiovascular disease
- coronary artery disease
- risk assessment
- human health
- patient reported outcomes
- climate change
- study protocol
- placebo controlled