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René Schwendimann
Researcher at University Hospital of Basel
Publications - 102
Citations - 7335
René Schwendimann is an academic researcher from University Hospital of Basel. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Nursing care. The author has an hindex of 29, co-authored 97 publications receiving 6160 citations. Previous affiliations of René Schwendimann include Duke University & National Patient Safety Foundation.
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Nurse staffing and education and hospital mortality in nine European countries: a retrospective observational study
Linda H. Aiken,Douglas M. Sloane,Luk Bruyneel,Koen Van den Heede,Peter Griffiths,Reinhard Busse,Marianna Diomidous,Juha Kinnunen,Maria Kózka,Emmanuel Lesaffre,Matthew D. McHugh,María Teresa Moreno-Casbas,Anne Marie Rafferty,René Schwendimann,P. Anne Scott,Carol Tishelman,Theo van Achterberg,Walter Sermeus +17 more
TL;DR: Differences in patient to nurse ratios and nurses' educational qualifications in nine of the 12 RN4CAST countries with similar patient discharge data were associated with variation in hospital mortality after common surgical procedures, implying an increased emphasis on bachelor's education for nurses could reduce preventable hospital deaths.
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Patient safety, satisfaction, and quality of hospital care: cross sectional surveys of nurses and patients in 12 countries in Europe and the United States.
Linda H. Aiken,Walter Sermeus,Koen Van den Heede,Douglas M. Sloane,Reinhard Busse,Martin McKee,Luk Bruyneel,Anne Marie Rafferty,Peter Griffiths,María Teresa Moreno-Casbas,Carol Tishelman,Anne Scott,Tomasz Brzostek,Juha Kinnunen,René Schwendimann,Maud Heinen,Dimitris Zikos,Ingeborg Strømseng Sjetne,Herbert L. Smith,Ann Kutney-Lee +19 more
TL;DR: In European hospitals, improvement of hospital work environments might be a relatively low cost strategy to improve safety and quality in hospital care and to increase patient satisfaction.
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Prevalence, patterns and predictors of nursing care left undone in European hospitals: results from the multicountry cross-sectional RN4CAST study
Dietmar Ausserhofer,Britta Zander,Reinhard Busse,Maria Schubert,Sabina De Geest,Sabina De Geest,Anne Marie Rafferty,Jane Ball,Anne Scott,Juha Kinnunen,Maud Heinen,Ingeborg Strømseng Sjetne,Teresa Moreno-Casbas,Maria Kózka,Rikard Lindqvist,Marianna Diomidous,Luk Bruyneel,Walter Sermeus,Linda H. Aiken,René Schwendimann +19 more
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.
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Nurses' intention to leave their profession: a cross sectional observational study in 10 European countries
Maud Heinen,Theo van Achterberg,René Schwendimann,Britta Zander,Anne Matthews,Maria Kózka,Anneli Ensio,Ingeborg Strømseng Sjetne,Teresa Moreno Casbas,Jane Ball,Lisette Schoonhoven,Lisette Schoonhoven +11 more
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.
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Interventions for Preventing Falls in Acute- and Chronic-Care Hospitals: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
TL;DR: To determine the characteristics and the effectiveness of hospital fall prevention programs, a large number of patients with a history of hospital falls are surveyed over a two-year period to assess the impact of these programs.