Understaffed Hospitals

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Understaffed Hospitals
Needleman, Jack, et al. “Nurse-staffing levels and the quality of care in hospitals.” New England Journal of Medicine 346.22 (2002): 1715-1722.
There has been little information on whether the lower numbers of nurses in the hospital increases the patients’ risk of developing more complications or dying. This source will be used to provide the solid picture if lower staffing of nurses puts the patients under risk.
Clarke, Sean P., Douglas M. Sloane, and Linda H. Aiken. “Effects of hospital staffing and organizational climate on needlestick injuries to nurses.” American Journal of Public Health 92.7 (2002): 1115-1119.
Despite the increased cases where nurses get injuries out of needle-stick, less has been done in finding the causes including the hospital staffing. The study link low staffing to high injury risks will be used to understand measures taken to prevent needle-stick injuries in understaffed hospitals.
Aiken, Linda H., et al. “Hospital nurse staffing and patient mortality, nurse burnout, and job dissatisfaction.” Jama 288.16 (2002): 1987-1993.
Staffing plays an important role in job satisfaction and retention of nurses. This article will be used to understand how staffing levels affect nurse retention and patient outcome.
Coile Jr, Russell C. “Magnet hospitals use culture, not wages, to solve nursing shortage.” Journal of Healthcare Management 46.4 (2001): 224.
With an estimation of over 120,000 nursing vacancies in hospitals, the problem of nurse shortage is becoming a crisis.

This article will help find ways of increasing the nurses in the hospital using culture.
Stegenga, Jacob, Erica Bell, and Anne Matlow. “The role of nurse understaffing in nosocomial viral gastrointestinal infections on a general pediatrics ward.” Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 23.3 (2002): 133-136.
The article indicates that there has been an emerging association between the understaffing in hospitals and the rate of nosocomial infections. This article will be useful in understanding how understaffing reflects the percentage of nosocomial infections.
Vahey, Doris C., et al. “Nurse burnout and patient satisfaction.” Medical care 42.2 Suppl (2004): II57.
As the issue of nurse shortage takes center stage in the healthcare sector, nurse burnout level seems to be playing a significant role in the outcome of patients. The source will give additional information on how nurse burnout affects patient services.
Works cited
Aiken, Linda H., et al. “Hospital nurse staffing and patient mortality, nurse burnout, and job dissatisfaction.” Jama 288.16 (2002): 1987-1993.
Clarke, Sean P., Douglas M. Sloane, and Linda H. Aiken. “Effects of hospital staffing and organizational climate on needlestick injuries to nurses.” American Journal of Public Health 92.7 (2002): 1115-1119.
Coile Jr, Russell C. “Magnet hospitals use culture, not wages, to solve nursing shortage.” Journal of Healthcare Management 46.4 (2001): 224.
Glette, Malin Knutsen, Karina Aase, and Siri Wiig. “The relationship between understaffing of nurses and patient safety in hospitals-A literature review with thematic analysis.” (2017).
Lafer, Gordon. “Hospital Speedups and the Fiction of a Nursing Shortage.” Labor Studies Journal, vol. 30, no. 1, Spring 2005, pp. 27–46. EBSCOhost, search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=16975073&site=ehost-live.
Needleman, Jack, et al. “Nurse-staffing levels and the quality of care in hospitals.” New England Journal of Medicine 346.22 (2002): 1715-1722.
Stegenga, Jacob, Erica Bell, and Anne Matlow. “The role of nurse understaffing in nosocomial viral gastrointestinal infections on a general pediatrics ward.” Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology 23.3 (2002): 133-136.
Vahey, Doris C., et al. “Nurse burnout and patient satisfaction.” Medical care 42.2 Suppl (2004): II57.