Ke Liu

TL;DR: Nursing is important in quality and safety of hospital care and in patients' perceptions of their care, and expanding the number of baccalaureate-prepared nurses hold promise for improving hospital outcomes in China.

TL;DR: The results suggest that high burnout and low job satisfaction are prominent problems for Chinese nurses, and improving work environment might be an effective strategy for better nursing outcomes in Chinese hospitals.

TL;DR: The findings of this study indicate that improving work environments is essential to deal with the nursing shortage in China; the findings provide motivation for nurse managers and policy makers to improve work environments of hospital nurses in China.

TL;DR: Improving work environment, increasing nurse staffing levels, and providing sufficient support for nurses to spend more time on direct patient care would be beneficial to patient safety improvement.

TL;DR: The hypothesis that an improvement in patient safety culture was related to a decrease in the occurrence of adverse events was confirmed.