Educational Levels of Hospital Nurses and Surgical Patient Mortality

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Authors

Linda H. Aiken · University of Pennsylvania

Abstract

In hospitals with higher proportions of nurses educated at the baccalaureate level or higher, surgical patients experienced lower mortality and failure-to-rescue rates.

Topics & Keywords

Hospital Admissions and Outcomes Nursing education and management Cardiac, Anesthesia and Surgical Outcomes

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Good health and well-being

Publication Details

Published in: JAMA

Volume 290, Issue 12, pp. 1617-1623

DOI: 10.1001/jama.290.12.1617

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