TY - JOUR
T1 - Missed nursing care, staffing, and patient falls
AU - Kalisch, Beatrice J.
AU - Tschannen, Dana
AU - Lee, Kyung Hee
PY - 2012/1
Y1 - 2012/1
N2 - Patient falls in hospitals continue to be a major and costly problem. This study tested the mediating effect of missed nursing care on the relationship of staffing levels (hours per patient day [HPPD]) and patient falls. The sample was 124 patient units in 11 hospitals. The HPPD was negatively associated with patient falls (r = -0.36, P < .01), and missed nursing care was found to mediate the relationship between HPPD and patient falls.
AB - Patient falls in hospitals continue to be a major and costly problem. This study tested the mediating effect of missed nursing care on the relationship of staffing levels (hours per patient day [HPPD]) and patient falls. The sample was 124 patient units in 11 hospitals. The HPPD was negatively associated with patient falls (r = -0.36, P < .01), and missed nursing care was found to mediate the relationship between HPPD and patient falls.
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U2 - 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e318225aa23
DO - 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e318225aa23
M3 - Article
C2 - 21738057
AN - SCOPUS:82655181951
SN - 1057-3631
VL - 27
SP - 6
EP - 12
JO - Journal of Nursing Care Quality
JF - Journal of Nursing Care Quality
IS - 1
ER -