Nurses' working conditions: Implications for infectious disease

Patricia W. Stone; Sean P. Clarke; Jeannie Cimioiti; Rosaly Correa-De-Araujo

doi:10.3201/eid1011.040253

Nurses' working conditions: Implications for infectious disease

Patricia W. Stone, Sean P. Clarke, Jeannie Cimioiti, Rosaly Correa-De-Araujo

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1984-1989
Number of pages	6
Journal	Emerging Infectious Diseases
Volume	10
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1011.040253
State	Published - Nov 2004

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Epidemiology
Microbiology (medical)
Infectious Diseases

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Stone, P. W., Clarke, S. P., Cimioiti, J., & Correa-De-Araujo, R. (2004). Nurses' working conditions: Implications for infectious disease. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 10(11), 1984-1989. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid1011.040253

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