References:
(please note - the majority of these articles focus on nursing staffing. There is extremely limited research on other disciplines, which is urgently needed to drive evidence-based practice)
Aiken, L.H., Cimiotti, J.P., Sloane, D.M. et al. (2011). The effects of nurse staffing and nurse education on patient deaths in hospitals with different work environments. Journal of Medical Care, 4912, 1047-1053.
Aiken, L. H., Sloane, D. M., Bruyneel, L., Van den Heede, K., Griffiths, P., Busse, R., Diomidous, M., Kinnunen, J., Kózka, M., Lesaffre, E., McHugh, M. D., Moreno-Casbas, M. T., Rafferty, A. M., Schwendimann, R., Scott, P. A., Tishelman, C., van Achterberg, T., Sermeus, W., & RN4CAST consortium (2014). Nurse staffing and education and hospital mortality in nine European countries: a retrospective observational study. Lancet (London, England), 383(9931), 1824–1830.
Cho, E., Sloane, D.M., Kim, E. et al. (2015). Effects of nurse staffing, work environments, and education on patient mortality: An observational study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 25(2), 535-542.
Dall’Ora, C., Ball, J., Reinus, M. & Griffiths, P. (2020). Burnout in nursing: A theoretical review. Human Resources for Health, 18(41).
Lasater, K.B., Aiken, L., Sloane, D.M. et al. (2021). Chronic hospital nurse understaffing meets COVID-19: An observational study. British Medical Journal of Quality and Safety, 30, 639-647.
Park, S.H., Gass, S. & Boyle, D.K. (2016). Comparison of reasons for nurse turnover in Magnet and non-Magnet hospitals. The Journal of Nursing Administration, 46(5), 284-290.
Stimpfel, A.W., Brewer, C.S. & Kovner, C.T. (2015). Scheduling and shift work characteristics associated with risk for occupational injury in newly licensed registered nurses: An observational study. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 25(11), 1686-1693.
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