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.
Raccomandazioni e standard italiani per dotazioni infermieristiche ospedaliere sicure: esiti di una consensus conference / Saiani L; Guarnier AM; Barelli P; Zambiasi P; Allegrini E; Bazoli L; Casson P; Magon G; Marin M; Padovan M; Picogna M; Taddia P; Salmaso D; Chiari P; Marognolli O; Palese A.. - In: IGIENE E SANITÀ PUBBLICA. - ISSN 0019-1639. - STAMPA. - 67:6(2011), pp. 777-792.
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.
