Dear All,
Greetings from Sunny Southend on the East coast of England.
Today's JAMA has published a study which explores the relation between
educational levels of nurses and outcome of surgical patients in hospitals.
Aiken LH, Clarke SP,Cheung RB, Sloane DM, Silber JH. Educational Levels of
Hospital Nurses and Surgical Patient Mortality. JAMA. 2003;290:1617-1623.
According to the authors "this study provides the first empirical evidence
that hospitals' employment of nurses with BSN and higher degrees is
associated with improved patient outcomes".
This findings will have profound implications on recruitment as well as
planning of nurse workforce which is already in considerable short supply.
My question is as this evidence is based on observational design, is it
enough to convince the hospital managers and the policy makers? If not how
can one generate experimental evidence in areas like this?
Cheers & regards,
Badri
Dr.P.Badrinath MD, BS, M.Phil, MPH, PhD (Cantab), MFPHMI
Specialist Registrar in Public Health, Southend-on-Sea PCT, Harcourt House,
Harcourt Avenue, Southend-on-Sea Essex SS2 6HE, UK
http://myprofile.cos.com/badrishanthi
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