TY - JOUR
T1 - Perioperative nurses and patient outcomes
T2 - Mortality, complications, and length of stay
AU - Newhouse, Robin P.
AU - Johantgen, Meg
AU - Pronovist, Peter J.
AU - Johnson, Elizabeth
PY - 2010/10/1
Y1 - 2010/10/1
N2 - THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY described in this article was to identify the relationship between RN staffing factors in the OR and surgical patient outcomes. THE STUDY ADDRESSED two main questions: whether the level of RN staffing in the OR is related to postoperative complications, mortality, and length of stay (LOS) and whether certification, RN agency use, 24-hour staffing, and the performance of multi-discriplinary code drills are related to complications, mortality, and LOS. ACCORDING TO THIS STUDY, selected organizational factors in ORs had a significant influence on patient outcomes.
AB - THE PURPOSE OF THE STUDY described in this article was to identify the relationship between RN staffing factors in the OR and surgical patient outcomes. THE STUDY ADDRESSED two main questions: whether the level of RN staffing in the OR is related to postoperative complications, mortality, and length of stay (LOS) and whether certification, RN agency use, 24-hour staffing, and the performance of multi-discriplinary code drills are related to complications, mortality, and LOS. ACCORDING TO THIS STUDY, selected organizational factors in ORs had a significant influence on patient outcomes.
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U2 - 10.1097/NNA.0b013e3181f3804f
DO - 10.1097/NNA.0b013e3181f3804f
M3 - Article
C2 - 20859103
AN - SCOPUS:77957312853
SN - 0002-0443
VL - 40
SP - S54-S67
JO - Journal of Nursing Administration
JF - Journal of Nursing Administration
IS - 10 SUPPL.
ER -