Saturday, November 04, 2006

Nurses Feel Shortage Is Hurting Patient Care and Safety

Nurses Feel Shortage Is Hurting Patient Care and Safety

In the past decade, many quality-oriented organizations, policymakers and health researchers have become increasingly interested in how the nursing shortage is affecting the quality and safety of patient care. In the September/October 2005 issue of Nursing Economic$, Peter Buerhaus, PhD, RN, FAAN, and co-authors present survey results that show nurses feel the shortage has negatively affected the quality and safety of patient care in hospitals. The results were gathered from two random national surveys of RNs in 2002 and 2004 and a national survey of CNOs in 2004 and are being presented as part of a six-part series in Nursing Economic$.

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