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Staffing level: a determinant of late-onset ventilator-associated pneumoniaJeannie P Cimiotti
Crit Care 11:154; discussion 154. 2007..The authors' estimation that hospitals maintaining a nurse-to-patient ratio above 2.2 could decrease the risk of health care associated infections is based on findings that are potentially biased and unrealistic...
Impact of staffing on bloodstream infections in the neonatal intensive care unitJeannie P Cimiotti
Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 19104 6096, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 160:832-6. 2006..To examine the association between registered nurse staffing and healthcare-associated bloodstream infections in infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)...
Prevalence and clinical relevance of Staphylococcus warneri in the neonatal intensive care unitJeannie P Cimiotti
Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 28:326-30. 2007..To describe the prevalence of Staphylococcus warneri on the hands of nurses and the clinical relevance of this organism among neonates in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)...
Gram-negative bacilli associated with catheter-associated and non-catheter-associated bloodstream infections and hand carriage by healthcare workers in neonatal intensive care unitsElaine L Larson
Department of Pediatrics, School of Nursing, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
Pediatr Crit Care Med 6:457-61. 2005..Clean hands of providers are an unlikely source of endemic Gram-negative bacilli, suggesting that prevention strategies should focus more on control of endogenous neonatal flora or environmental sources...
Effects of nurse staffing and nurse education on patient deaths in hospitals with different nurse work environmentsLinda H Aiken
Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, PA 19104 4217, USA
Med Care 49:1047-53. 2011..Little is known about whether and under what conditions each type of investment works better to improve outcomes...
Quality of care and patient satisfaction in hospitals with high concentrations of black patientsJ Margo Brooks-Carthon
University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA
J Nurs Scholarsh 43:301-10. 2011..To examine the influence of nursing-specifically nurse staffing and the nurse work environment-on quality of care and patient satisfaction in hospitals with varying concentrations of Black patients...
Implications of the California nurse staffing mandate for other statesLinda H Aiken
Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania, 418 Curie Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4217, USA
Health Serv Res 45:904-21. 2010....
Nurses' widespread job dissatisfaction, burnout, and frustration with health benefits signal problems for patient careMatthew D McHugh
Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, inPhiladelphia, PA, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 30:202-10. 2011..Improving nurses' working conditions may improve both nurses' and patients' satisfaction as well as the quality of care...
Effects of nurse staffing and nurse education on patient deaths in hospitals with different nurse work environmentsLinda H Aiken
Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, 418 Curie Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104 4217, USA
J Nurs Adm 42:S10-6. 2012..Little is known about whether and under what conditions each type of investment works better to improve outcomes...
Nurse specialty certification, inpatient mortality, and failure to rescueDeborah Kendall-Gallagher
University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, School of Nursing, Texas, USA
J Nurs Scholarsh 43:188-94. 2011..To determine if hospital proportion of staff nurses with specialty certification is associated with risk-adjusted inpatient 30-day mortality and failure to rescue (deaths in surgical inpatients following a major complication)...
Nursing: a key to patient satisfactionAnn Kutney-Lee
Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA
Health Aff (Millwood) 28:w669-77. 2009..Improving nurses' work environments, including nurse staffing, may improve the patient experience and quality of care...
Antimicrobial resistance patterns of colonizing flora on nurses' hands in the neonatal intensive care unitHeather A Cook
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Am J Infect Control 35:231-6. 2007..The purpose of this study was to examine effects of hand hygiene product and skin condition on the antimicrobial resistance patterns of colonizing hand flora among nurses...
The magnet process and the perceived work environment of nursesJeannie P Cimiotti
Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research, University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing
Nurs Res 54:384-90. 2005..Further research is necessary to examine the nurse work environment and to determine if the characteristics of magnet hospitals have changed...
Assessing nurses' hand hygiene practices by direct observation or self-reportElaine L Larson
Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY 10032, USA
J Nurs Meas 12:77-85. 2004..If hand hygiene practices are to be assessed over time, the same method must be used. Given these measurement limitations, more valid, practical, and less costly methods are needed...
A cost comparison of hand hygiene regimensJeannie P Cimiotti
Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY, USA
Nurs Econ 22:196-9, 204, 175. 2004..A waterless alcohol-based rub was significantly less costly than traditional handwashing because of reduced time required, and was associated with significantly better quality...
Emergence of resistant staphylococci on the hands of new graduate nursesJeannie P Cimiotti
Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, New York, USA
Infect Control Hosp Epidemiol 25:431-5. 2004..Furthermore, at final culture, the two groups shared one dominant hospital-acquired strain of S. epidermidis...
Adverse reactions associated with an alcohol-based hand antiseptic among nurses in a neonatal intensive care unitJeannie P Cimiotti
Columbia University School of Nursing, New York, NY 10032, USA
Am J Infect Control 31:43-8. 2003..CONCLUSION: This case series will alert users in the United States and elsewhere to the nature of reactions to alcohol products and how these reactions differ from reactions to traditional hand antiseptic products...
