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Beverly Waller Dabney1, Beatrice J Kalisch
1Department of Nursing, University of Michigan-Flint, Flint, MI (Dr. Dabney); and School of Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (Dr. Kalisch).
Abstract:
A total of 729 inpatients were surveyed using the MISSCARE Survey-Patient. Missed timeliness, patient reports of the time it took for them to receive care from nursing staff, was negatively associated with total nursing staff hours of care per patient-day (r = -0.09, P = .015), registered nurse (RN) hours per patient-day (r = -0.14, P = .0002), and RN skill mix (r = -0.13, P = .0004). RN skill mix was also a predictor of missed timeliness (P = .01).
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