Risk of hospital patient mortality increases with nurse staffing shortfalls, study finds
Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 07:12
in Health & Medicine
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nurses are the front-line caregivers to hospital patients, coordinating and providing direct care and delivering it safely and reliably. The goal for any hospital is to ensure that each of its patient-care units has an adequate number of nurses during every shift.