Using temporary nurses can increase risk of patients dying, warns new study Patients are more likely to die on wards staffed by a high number of temporary nurses, a study has found.
Researchers say the findings, published in the Journal of Nursing Scholarship, are a warning sign that the common practice by many hospitals of relying on agency nurses is not a risk-free option for patients.
The University of Southampton study found that risk of death increased by 12 per cent for every day a patient experienced a high level of temporary staffing – defined as 1.5 hours of agency nursing a day per patient. The Independent
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Researchers say the findings, published in the Journal of Nursing Scholarship, are a warning sign that the common practice by many hospitals of relying on agency nurses is not a risk-free option for patients.
The University of Southampton study found that risk of death increased by 12 per cent for every day a patient experienced a high level of temporary staffing – defined as 1.5 hours of agency nursing a day per patient. The Independent
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- Temporary Staffing and Patient Death in Acute Care Hospitals: A Retrospective Longitudinal Study (abstract / OpenAthens) Journal of Nursing Scholarship
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