Nurse staffing, burnout, and health care–associated infection

Each year, nearly 7 million hospitalized patients acquire infections while being treated for other conditions. Nurse staffing has been implicated in the spread of infection within hospitals, yet little evidence is available to explain this association. We linked nurse survey data to the Pennsylvania...

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Published in:	American journal of infection control Vol. 40; no. 6; pp. 486 - 490
Main Authors:	Cimiotti, Jeannie P., Aiken, Linda H., Sloane, Douglas M., Wu, Evan S.
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY Mosby, Inc 01.08.2012 Elsevier Mosby-Year Book, Inc
Subjects:	Adult Attitude of Health Personnel Biological and medical sciences Burnout Burnout, Professional - psychology Cost Cross Infection - epidemiology Cross Infection - prevention & control Epidemiology. Vaccinations Female General aspects Hospital Hospitals Human infectious diseases. Experimental studies and models Humans Infectious Disease Infectious diseases Male Medical sciences Middle Aged Nosocomial infections Nurses PHC4 Surgical Wound Infection - epidemiology Surgical Wound Infection - prevention & control Urinary tract diseases Urinary Tract Infections - epidemiology Urinary Tract Infections - prevention & control Workforce planning Workload United States > US Hospital PHC4 Cost Workload Nosocomial infection Costs Health care staff Check Occupational burnout Prevention Health economy Staff recruitment Public health Nurse
ISSN:	0196-6553, 1527-3296, 1527-3296
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