Nurse Bed Ratio

In the article titled, Support for hospital patients and associated factors, quantitative research was done to consider related factors in delivering support and care to patients. Unlike the first article discussed, this study was created to consider the patient’s point of view. The study considers unit organizational factors such as nurse to bed ratio and skill mix/experience with patient access to support. Data analysis and results showed a positive association with staffing levels in effecting patient access to support. On the other hand, the accessibility of support declined when the number of emergency patients and the unit workload increased. Patient’s considered access to support was also associated with the number of hours worked by Nurses on the unit where the higher …show more content…
From article one, we are given the information that an increase of nurse workloads and patients had a direct correlation to patient safety and care. When the nurses were responsible for more than five patients the risk was greater and the quality of care decreased. The second article presented shows us that patient safety and quality of care is directly correlated to the environment of a hospital. When the nurses reported quality of care, it reflected better outcomes for patients. Therefore, nurse staffing and nurse quality of care is indicative of where one works, which plays a large part in how nurses are staffed and how many patients each nurse is given. From the last article, patients correlated quality of care and safety as being dependent on the nurse’s skill set, working hours and workload. As a nurse, the more experience a nurse had the better and dependent on the number of patients and the type of patients, the quality of care was