TY - JOUR
T1 - Nurses' working conditions
T2 - Implications for infectious disease
AU - Stone, Patricia W.
AU - Clarke, Sean P.
AU - Cimioiti, Jeannie
AU - Correa-De-Araujo, Rosaly
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2018 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2004/11
Y1 - 2004/11
N2 - Staffing patterns and nurses' working conditions are risk factors for healthcare-associated infections as well as occupational injuries and infections. Staffing shortages, especially of nurses, have been identified as one of the major factors expected to constrain hospitals' ability to deal with future outbreaks of emerging infections. These problems are compounded by a global nursing shortage. Understanding and improving nurses' working conditions can potentially decrease the incidence of many infectious diseases. Relevant research is reviewed, and policy options are discussed.
AB - Staffing patterns and nurses' working conditions are risk factors for healthcare-associated infections as well as occupational injuries and infections. Staffing shortages, especially of nurses, have been identified as one of the major factors expected to constrain hospitals' ability to deal with future outbreaks of emerging infections. These problems are compounded by a global nursing shortage. Understanding and improving nurses' working conditions can potentially decrease the incidence of many infectious diseases. Relevant research is reviewed, and policy options are discussed.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=7644220058&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=7644220058&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3201/eid1011.040253
DO - 10.3201/eid1011.040253
M3 - Article
C2 - 15550212
AN - SCOPUS:7644220058
VL - 10
SP - 1984
EP - 1989
JO - Emerging Infectious Diseases
JF - Emerging Infectious Diseases
SN - 1080-6040
IS - 11
ER -