| Criteria |
Article 4 |
Article 5 |
Article 6 |
| APA-Formatted Article Citation with Permalink |
Nurse Staffing, Nurses Prioritization, Missed Care, Quality of Nursing Care, and Nurse Outcomes |
Nurse Staffing, Medical Staffing and Mortality in Intensive Care: An Observational Study |
On the Threshold of Safety: A Qualitative Exploration of Nurses Perceptions of Factors Involved in Safe Staffing Levels in Emergency Departments |
| How Does the Article Relate to the PICOT Question? |
The article discovers the relationship between nurse staffing and treatment outcomes. |
The article discusses whether nurse staffing levels have an impact on the survival of critical patients. |
The study discusses nurses perceptions of safe staffing. |
| Quantitative, Qualitative (How do you know?) |
The article is quantitative since it analyzes a specific survey conducted in 2015. |
The article is quantitative since it analyzes the collected research data. |
The article is qualitative since it collects and analyzes qualitative data. |
| Purpose Statement |
To examine the correlation between staffing, prioritization of nursing practices, the quality of care, and care results. |
To identify if the size of the workforce influences the survival rate of patients. |
To explore emergency specialists opinions about factors involved in safe staffing. |
| Research Question |
What is the cause and effect relationship between the variables? |
Are the survival changes of critical patients impacted by some nurses and doctors? |
What is the nurses evaluation of staffing in emergency departments? |
| Outcome |
Appropriate staffing is needed for high-quality care. |
The availability of staff is related to higher survival rates. |
Staffing is unsafe because of negative patient outcomes. |
Setting
(Where did the study take place?)
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156 surgical and medical units of 49 general hospitals |
65 intensive care units. |
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| Sample |
2114 nurses |
38,168 patients. |
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| Method |
Measuring results based on the survey regarding misses nursing activities. |
Multilevel logistic regression. |
Qualitative exploratory design |
| Key Findings of the Study |
Poor staffing causes missed nursing activities, which leads to low-quality care and poor job satisfaction. |
Nurses have the biggest impact on patients treatment outcomes, a higher number of nurses is related to higher survival chances. |
The quality and size of staffing are determined by the number of patients waiting to receive care. |
| Recommendations of the Researcher |
Promote adequate staffing. |
More studies have to be conducted regarding staffing levels and appropriate organization of care. |
An overall number of nurses, skills, and experiences should be considered when increasing staff levels. |