Nurse staffing levels have always heea an issue and the optimal level and mix of nurses required to deliver quality care as cost-effectively as possible continues to be discussed at both national and international levels. In Italy, a network of experts rom ten local health and hospital authorities was set up in June 2010. The, main objectives of the network were to define, validate and approve a panel of relevant indicators, identity minimum standards of safety and develop recommendation to guide decision-making regarding hospital nurse staffing levels. The indicators and recommendation developed by the network are presented in this paper.
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Raccomandazioni e standard italiani per dotazioni infermieristiche ospedaliere sicure: esiti di una consensus conference
CHIARI, PAOLO;
2011
Abstract
Nurse staffing levels have always heea an issue and the optimal level and mix of nurses required to deliver quality care as cost-effectively as possible continues to be discussed at both national and international levels. In Italy, a network of experts rom ten local health and hospital authorities was set up in June 2010. The, main objectives of the network were to define, validate and approve a panel of relevant indicators, identity minimum standards of safety and develop recommendation to guide decision-making regarding hospital nurse staffing levels. The indicators and recommendation developed by the network are presented in this paper.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
