orking Conditions and Patient Safety : Safe Staffing in Maine ’ s Hospitals
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Introduction A growing body of research is now documenting how serious problems in the work environments of nursing care in American hospitals are posing a threat to patient safety, as well as contributing to shortages of nurses working in hospital settings and in greater job stress and burnout among nurses. A major factor in this picture, according to a major report by the National Institute of Medicine, is the issue of chronic understaffing among direct care nurses. As another recent study has emphasized:
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