Objective: To examine the association between registered nurse (RN) staffing and patient
outcomes in acute care hospitals. Study Selection: Twenty-eight studies reported adjusted …

Background: Studies over the past several decades have shown an association between
nurse staffing and patient outcomes. Most of those studies were generated from general …

Background Retrospective studies suggest that preoperative anaemia is associated with
poor outcomes after surgery. The objective of this study was to describe mortality rates and …

Objective To provide guidance and recommendations for the planning or renovation of
intensive care units (ICUs) with respect to the specific characteristics relevant to …

Background: Studies have established that physiologic instability and services mismatching
precede adverse events in hospitalized patients. In response to these considerations, the …

Background: System approaches, such as improving working conditions, have been
advocated to improve patient safety. However, the independent effect of many working …

Meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) remains endemic in many UK hospitals.
Specific guidelines for control and prevention are justified because MRSA causes serious …

Objectives To investigate whether the size of the workforce (nurses, doctors and support
staff) has an impact on the survival chances of critically ill patients both in the intensive care …

In this paper, we review the literature on nursing workload in intensive care units (ICUs) and
its impact on patient safety and quality of working life of nurses. We then propose a …

Prospective controlled trial of effect of medical emergency... : Critical Care Medicine Prospective
controlled trial of effect of medical emergency team on postoperative morbidity and mortality …