Abstract

This study examined the effect of a change in nursing skill mix, RN hours, and total caregiver hours on patient satisfaction, adverse occurrences, mortality, length of stay, and cost on 19 nursing units (N = 46, 664 patients) in one 810-bed teaching hospital that reduced nursing skill mix as part of a hospital redesign initiative. A quasi-experimental time series design used existing hospital data from January, 1994 to November, 1997. Data were examined across five time series points in three-month continuous intervals from six months prior to two years after the skill mix change.

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This dissertation has also been disseminated through the ProQuest Dissertations and Theses database. Dissertation/thesis number: 9936076; ProQuest document ID: 304542552. The author still retains copyright.

Author Details

Sharon A. Eck Brimingham, DNSc

Sigma Membership

Beta Mu

Type

Dissertation

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Quasi-Experimental Study, Other

Research Approach

Mixed/Multi Method Research

Keywords:

Nursing Skills, Nursing Education, Total Caregiver Hours, Patient Satisfaction

Advisor

Donna Diers

Second Advisor

Bernadette Forget

Degree

Doctoral-Other

Degree Grantor

Yale University

Degree Year

1999

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Review Type

None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2022-09-27

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