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A Systematic Review Of Acuity-Based Staffing In Acute Healthcare Environments, Demitria Idella Stafford
A Systematic Review Of Acuity-Based Staffing In Acute Healthcare Environments, Demitria Idella Stafford
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Nursing leadership is responsible for considering the equity of patient care assignments when providing nursing care. Nursing leadership is responsible for assuring the delivery of patient care assignments with the intent to offer nurses an unbiased, evenly distributed patient load. Effective distribution of patient care assignments ensures patients receive the safest, most efficient, and highest quality of care. The purpose of this project was to provide nursing leadership with an executive summary of a systematic review of evidence-based research on the structure and process of making patient care assignments, and it provided evidence on how those patient care assignments affect …