Open AccessValue of Nurse Practitioner Inpatient Hospital Staffing
Author(s) -
Linda H. Aiken,
Douglas M. Sloane,
Heather Brom,
Barbara Todd,
Hilary Barnes,
Jeannie P. Cimiotti,
R Cunningham,
Matthew D. McHugh
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
medical care
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.632
H-Index - 178
eISSN - 1537-1948
pISSN - 0025-7079
DOI - 10.1097/mlr.0000000000001628
Subject(s) - staffing , value (mathematics) , medline , nursing , medicine , statistics , mathematics , political science , law
Evidence indicates hospitals with better registered nurse (RN) staffing have better patient outcomes. Whether involving more nurse practitioners (NPs) in inpatient care produces better outcomes is largely unknown.