Matching Nursing Assignment to Patients' Acuity Level: The Road to Nurses' Satisfaction.

Published in: Journal of nursing measurement (2020)

This study concludes that linking PAT to nursing shift assignment has several positive outcomes. It increases nurses' satisfaction and serves as managers' voice for important staffing decisions like recruitment, assignment distribution, employing new staff, and improving quality of care.

Keyphrases

healthcare
mental health
quality improvement
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
peritoneal dialysis
adipose tissue
patient reported outcomes
skeletal muscle