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Pediatric Safety And Quality, Susan R. Lacey, Janis B. Smith, Karen Cox
Pediatric Safety And Quality, Susan R. Lacey, Janis B. Smith, Karen Cox
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Pediatric care is complex due to developmental and dependency issues associated with children. How these factors impact the specific processes of care is an area of science in which little is known. We are only beginning to understand the relationship between nurse staffing and adverse events in hospitalized children; effects that may be compounded by inadequate numbers of pediatric nurses. Throughout health care providing safe and high quality patient care continues to provide significant challenges. Efforts to improve the safety and quality of care are resource intensive and take continued commitment not only by those who deliver care, but …