Research data shows that there was a 6% risk of death for patients when a shift with a nurse staffing shortage of 8 hours occurred. In 2004, the Institute of Medicine released a report, Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Nursing Work Environment, which identifies solutions to problems in work environments that threaten patient safety through their effect on nursing care including hospitals, nursing home, and other health care organization. According to the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), Magnet hospitals are widely recognized for promoting safe and appropriate nurse staffing. With this information, the following research study asks the participants if they are employed at a Magnet hospital and compare their job satisfaction
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Hairr, Helen Salisbury, Mark Johannson, and Nancy Redfern-Vance examined the relationships between nurse staffing, job satisfaction, and nurse retention in an acute hospital environment. Three research questions were explored in this research - the relationship between nurse to patient ratio and job satisfaction, the relationship between job satisfaction and nurse retention, and address whether the economy is a factor in nurses remaining in their current positions despite the job …show more content…
Nurses have expressed job satisfaction in the past 6 months specifically related to the number of patients assigned. There was a 6% risk of death for patients when a shift with a nurse staffing shortage of just 8 hours occurred. The literature suggests nurse-patient ratios of 1:4 or less to provide the most optimal for patients (Aiken, Clarke, Sloane, Sochalski & Silber, 2002; Aiken, Clark, Sloane, Lake, & Cheney, 2005; Aiken et al., 2010; Needleman et al., 2011; Rosenberg, 2011). With appropriate patient assignment, improvements will be made in nurse job satisfaction, keeping them happy; nurse retention, not seconding their decision to stay or leave; the patient outcome, providing the best possible treatment; and a decrease in the high costs that would come to hire and train new nurses due to job dissatisfaction that leads to high nurse
Hairr, Helen Salisbury, Mark Johannson, and Nancy Redfern-Vance examined the relationships between nurse staffing, job satisfaction, and nurse retention in an acute hospital environment. Three research questions were explored in this research - the relationship between nurse to patient ratio and job satisfaction, the relationship between job satisfaction and nurse retention, and address whether the economy is a factor in nurses remaining in their current positions despite the job …show more content…
Nurses have expressed job satisfaction in the past 6 months specifically related to the number of patients assigned. There was a 6% risk of death for patients when a shift with a nurse staffing shortage of just 8 hours occurred. The literature suggests nurse-patient ratios of 1:4 or less to provide the most optimal for patients (Aiken, Clarke, Sloane, Sochalski & Silber, 2002; Aiken, Clark, Sloane, Lake, & Cheney, 2005; Aiken et al., 2010; Needleman et al., 2011; Rosenberg, 2011). With appropriate patient assignment, improvements will be made in nurse job satisfaction, keeping them happy; nurse retention, not seconding their decision to stay or leave; the patient outcome, providing the best possible treatment; and a decrease in the high costs that would come to hire and train new nurses due to job dissatisfaction that leads to high nurse