The relationship of nursing staff to the hospitalization of nursing home residents

被引：23
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作者：
Decker, Frederic H. [1 ]
机构：
[1] Ctr Dis Control & Prevent, Natl Ctr Hlth Stat, Hyattsville, MD 20782 USA
来源：
RESEARCH IN NURSING & HEALTH | 2008年 / 31卷 / 03期
关键词：
registered nurses; discharge status; sample characteristics; staffing skill mix; licensed nurses;
D O I：
10.1002/nur.20249
中图分类号：
R47 [护理学];
学科分类号：
1011 ;
摘要：
Researchers have found registered nurse (RN) staffing unrelated to the Prevention of hospitalizations of nursing home residents. Although most nursing home admissions are from hospitals, their studies involved residents who probably were not admitted from hospitals. In this study I examined data on 6,623 discharges of nursing home residents admitted or not admitted from a hospital. For patients with longer stays (> 30 days), higher RN staffing levels in nursing homes reduced hospitalizations only for residents admitted from hospitals. Higher RN levels reduced hospitalizations more than higher licensed nurse levels or skill mix. Only among longer-stay residents not admitted from hospitals was RN staffing unrelated to hospitalizations. Researchers may have found RN staffing unrelated to hospitalizations because samples were primarily longer-stay residents not admitted from hospitals. Published 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
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