| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2644672 | Applied Nursing Research | 2008 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
This study was conducted to identify adverse outcomes to nurses in relation to their daily patient load, nursing care activities, staffing, and shift rotation. A structured questionnaire was used to collect data from medical and surgical nurses (N = 784). Skipping tea/coffee breaks (95%), feeling responsible for more patients than they could safely care for (87%), inadequate help available (86%), inadequate time to document care (80%), verbal abuse by a patient or a visitor (77%), and concern about quality of care (71%) were the major reported adverse outcomes related to short staffing, increased patient load, and increased nursing care activities.
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Authors
Fatimah Al-Kandari, Deepa Thomas,