Most Recent Articles from Nursing Economics

• The time has come for evidence-based staffing and scheduling 

  "These statistics would show subscribers how their money was being spent, what amount of good was really being done with it, or whether the money...

  09/01/09 by Rhonda Anderson; Karlene Kerfoot · More from publication

• Patient safety events make hospital stays longer and more costly 

  Hospital stays that result in a patient safety event are 17% more costly and 22% longer compared with stays with no events. The most expensive and...

  09/01/09 · More from publication

• The shape of the recovery: economic implications for the nursing workforce 

  DURING THE PAST YEAR MOST of us have probably paid a great deal of attention to television programs and newspaper stories reporting the latest...

  09/01/09 by Peter I. Buerhaus · More from publication

• Health literacy: implications for ambulatory care 

  HEALTH LITERACY IS THE degree to which individuals have the capacity to obtain, process, understand, and act on health information and services...

  09/01/09 by Mary Powell · More from publication

• The cost and impact of medical errors continue long after hospital discharge 

  The cost and impact of medical errors also linger long after the patient is released from the hospital. Researchers found that the death rate...

  09/01/09 · More from publication

• A policy analysis of health care reform: implications for nurses 

  PRESIDENT OBAMA MADE health care reform a major focus of his campaign. Since taking office, he has urged Congress to move rapidly and advance a...

  09/01/09 by Melisa Paradis; Janelle Wood; Mary Cramer · More from publication

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