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JOURNAL OF NURSING CARE QUALITY
Volume 27, Issue 1, Pages 6-12Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0b013e318225aa23
Keywords
falls; missed nursing care; staffing
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- Blue Cross Blue Shield Foundation of Michigan
- Michigan Center for Health Intervention, University of Michigan School of Nursing, National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Nursing Research [P30 NR009000]
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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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