Open AccessLongitudinal Association of Registered Nurse National Nursing Specialty Certification and Patient Falls in Acute Care Hospitals
Author(s) -
Diane K. Boyle,
Emily Cramer,
Catima Potter,
Vincent S. Staggs
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
nursing research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.577
H-Index - 91
eISSN - 1538-9847
pISSN - 0029-6562
DOI - 10.1097/nnr.0000000000000107
Subject(s) - certification , specialty , medicine , nursing , acute care , association (psychology) , family medicine , psychology , health care , economics , economic growth , political science , law , psychotherapist
Researchers have studied inpatient falls in relation to aspects of nurse staffing, focusing primarily on staffing levels and proportion of nursing care hours provided by registered nurses (RNs). Less attention has been paid to other nursing characteristics, such as RN national nursing specialty certification.