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Article: Problems associated with nursing staff shortage: An analysis of the first 3600 reports submitted to the Australian incident monitoring study (AIMS-ICU)
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- Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
- Article date:
- August 1, 1998
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CopyrightCopyright Australian Society of Anaesthetists Aug 1998. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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U. BECKMANN*, I. BALDWIN-t, M. DURIE$, A. MORRISON, L. SHAW** Intensive Care Units participating in the AIMS-ICU project
SUMMARY
Although many studies have attempted to define appropriate nursing staff levels, allocation and patient dependency, minimal data is available on the effect of nursing staff shortage (NSS) on quality of care provided in intensive care. This study aimed to identify incidents associated with staff shortage as reported to the Australian Incident Monitoring Study-ICU (AIMS-ICU) project and to assess their estimated effect on patient outcome. A search of narrative keywords and contributing factors identified 89 nursing staff shortage incidents (NSS-INCIDENTS) and 373 ...