Jane Ball

TL;DR: Nurse staffing levels in NHS hospitals appear to have the same impact on patient outcomes and factors influencing nurse retention as have been found in the USA.

TL;DR: The nature and prevalence of care left undone by nurses in English National Health Service hospitals is examined to assess whether the number of missed care episodes is associated with nurse staffing levels and nurse ratings of the quality of nursing care and patient safety environment.

TL;DR: A bedside care workforce with a greater proportion of professional nurses is associated with better outcomes for patients and nurses, and reducing nursing skill mix by adding nursing associates and other categories of assistive nursing personnel without professional nurse qualifications may contribute to preventable deaths, erode quality and safety of hospital care and contribute to hospital nurse shortages.

TL;DR: Nursing care left undone was prevalent across all European countries and was associated with nurse-related organisational factors, suggesting that nurses develop informal task hierarchies to facilitate important patient-care decisions.

TL;DR: Elements of work environment are associated with intention to leave the nursing profession but differ between countries, indicating the importance of national contexts in explaining and preventing nurses' intention to left their profession.