Julie Sochalski, School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania
Barbara Bates Center for the Study of the History of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania, History of Nursing Seminar Series
Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 6:39 pm EDT
Time: 12:15 p.m.
Place: 3R Conference Room, Claire Fagin Hall
Information: ehweiss@nursing.upenn.edu
This presentation offers an historical analysis of the political and policy process that led to the adoption of nurse staffing ratios in hospitals, the concurrent role these processes played in motivating a research agenda on the effects of nurse staffing levels on patient outcomes, and the relationship between the resulting evidence and the resulting policy initiatives.
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