Journal article
Integrative review: an evaluation of the methods used to explore the relationship between overtime and patient outcomes
Abstract
AIMS: To analyse, critically, methods employed to explore the relationship between nursing overtime and patient outcomes to strengthen future research.
BACKGROUND: Nursing overtime hours have been increasing in the Western world since the 1980's; however, research detailing its implications for patient outcomes has not kept pace. Studies exploring the relationship between nursing overtime and patient outcomes have produced conflicting results …
Authors
Lobo V; Fisher A; Peachey G; Ploeg J; Akhtar‐Danesh N
Journal
Journal of Advanced Nursing, Vol. 71, No. 5, pp. 961–974
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
May 2015
DOI
10.1111/jan.12560
ISSN
0309-2402