Assignment Task: Research has established associations between nurse staffing levels and adverse patient outcomes including in-hospital mortality. However, the causal nature of this relationship is uncertain and omissions of nursing care (referred as missed care, care left undone or rationed care) have been proposed as a factor which may provide a more direct indicator of nurse staffing adequacy."
Griffiths et al. (2018). The association between nurse staffing and omissions in nursing care: A systematic review. Journal of Advanced Nursing, 74,1474-1487.
Include the following in your discussion posting:
How can Nurse Leaders improve staffing measures to ensure adequate nursing care is being delivered to our patients? Now consider how might the Nurse Manager improve staffing measures? Be sure to consider the difference between a Leader vs. a Manager. Provide two specific examples for each.