Closing wards during summer time and its effects on patients' outcomes
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Esophageal Heat Transfer for Patient Temperature Control and Targeted Temperature Management
Published on: November 21, 2017
Alvisa Palese1, Orietta Masala, Manuela Capitanio
1School of Nursing, Udine University, Viale Ungheria 20, 33100 Udine, Italy. alvisa.palese@uniud.it
Abstract:
Closure of wards (units) during the summer is a management practice introduced in some Italian hospitals to deal with the national nursing shortage and seasonal staffing patterns. The authors discuss a cross-sectional comparative study that they conducted to assess the effects of this management practice on patient outcomes.
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