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Safe staffing for nursing in adult inpatient wards in acute hospitals

  • Safe staffing guideline
  • Reference number: SG1
  • Published:  15 July 2014
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Evidence reviews - July 2014

The following documents contain the evidence that was used to develop the 2014 recommendations:

  • Evidence review 1: The association between patient safety outcomes and nurse/healthcare assistant skill mix and staffing levels and factors that may influence staffing requirements
  • Evidence review 2: Effectiveness of management approaches and organisational factors on nurse sensitive outcomes
  • Appendix 1: Evidence to recommendations tables

Other supporting evidence

  • Expert paper 1: Expert testimony presented to the Safe Staffing Advisory Committee
  • Expert paper 2: Patient testimony presented to the Safe Staffing Advisory Committee
  • Expert paper 3: Report from the Safe Staffing Advisory Committee sub-group meeting 11 April 2014
  • Field testing summary report
  • Economic analysis

This page was last updated: 15 July 2014

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