There have been many research done on the effects of proper staffing. Studies have concluded that “in 1,477 hospitals examined… one additional patient per LPN (licensed practical nurse)/ LVN (licensed vocational nurse) per shift increased the rates of surgical wound infections by 0.02 percent, pulmonary failure by 0.04 percent, pneumonia by 0.06 percent, patient falls by 0.03 percent, and cardiac arrest by 0.03 percent” (Kane, R. L., Shamliyan, T., Mueller, C., Duval, S., & Wilt, T. J., 2007). One additional patient that much of an increase in complications. An improvement may be possible with the increase in nursing staffing “with the use of staffing plans or committees, hospital administrators and nursing staff jointly determine and implement
