What is the relationship between the following factors and outcomes related to nursing care, patient safety and patients' and nursing staff satisfaction with the quality of care in the UK? - Number of nursing staff - Nursing skill mix - Shift patterns
How do the following factors affect the nursing staff requirement at ward level in the UK? - Patient factors - Patients' nursing needs (sometimes referred to as acuity and dependency) - Time of day - Ward layout and size (including the use of single rooms) - Ward level team leadership and management - Organisational training approaches - Organisational policies and procedures (for example, productive ward, Lean)
What is the effectiveness of using defined approaches or decision support toolkits to determine nursing staff requirements and skill mix on acute adult inpatient wards in the UK?