Abstract

Public and congressional concern induced the Institute of Medicine (1996) to recommend increasing registered nurse (RN) staffing levels in nursing homes (NHs) to improve quality of care. The purpose of this study was to answer the question, does the relationship between nurse staffing in long term care nursing facilities and bladder and bowel incontinence for low risk nursing home residents differ by nursing facilities located in rural and urban settings? This study used a secondary database that included aggregate data of all 615 NHs in Minnesota, South and North Dakota including nurse staffing levels, facility descriptives, and the quality measure (QM), prevalence of bladder and bowel incontinence in low risk NH residents.

Author Details

Dorcas Elisabeth Kunkel, DNP, MS, BSN, CNE, PHNA-BC, CPHIMSS

Sigma Membership

Non-member

Type

Thesis

Format Type

Text-based Document

Study Design/Type

Descriptive/Correlational

Research Approach

Quantitative Research

Keywords:

Nurse Staffing, Long Term Care, Nursing Home Residents, Bladder and Bowel Incontinence, Rural and Urban Settings, Quality Measures

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Unknown

Degree

Master's

Degree Grantor

University of Minnesota

Degree Year

2005

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None: Degree-based Submission

Acquisition

Proxy-submission

Date of Issue

2020-10-13

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