There's a reason why nursing is such a promising field to enter: You can never have too many of them.
A new study reaffirms that principle, finding that hospitals with lower nurse-to-patient ratios have significantly lower mortality rates than those where nurses are spread out over more patients.
The research, which was published in the British Medical Journal, also found that a lower ratio of doctors to patients was associated with a lower chance of patient death. The study examined 137 acute care "trusts," which are organizations that oversee hospitals in the U.K.
Continue Reading for Free
Register and gain access to:
- Breaking benefits news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
- Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
- Critical converage of the property casualty insurance and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, PropertyCasualty360 and ThinkAdvisor
Already have an account? Sign In Now
© 2024 ALM Global, LLC, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more information visit Asset & Logo Licensing.
