TITLE:
Unfavorable staffing and resources adequacy impact on patient outcomes and quality of care in the three university hospitals in Malaysia
AUTHORS:
Maziah Marzuki, Owi Wichaikhum, Raymoun Nantsupawat
KEYWORDS:
Patient Outcomes; Adverse Events; Nursing Quality; Nursing Practice Environment; Staffing and Resources Adequacy
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Nursing,
Vol.3 No.8A,
December
30,
2013
ABSTRACT:
The nursing shortage is a global issue that because there is a growing consensus that identifying flaws and opportunities for improving the working environment in hospital is vital to maintain positive patient outcomes, adequate staffing, high-quality care, nurses’ job satisfaction and hence their retention. The aim of this study was to explore the staffing and resource adequacy in NPE and the association with POs (adverse events). A descriptive correlational study was conducted and participated 395 staff nurses (94.3%) from three university hospitals in Malaysia over two months, from January to February 2011. In this paper, the results showed that 344 (87.1%) staff nurses rated that was unfavorable (