Higher Patient Death Rates Linked to Overworked Nurses

Shocking statistical backing has emerged from investigations in nine European countries to claims that patients' lives may be at risk when nurses are overworked, specialists said. Published in The Lancet, the study touches on a sensitive topic in countries where health budgets are under strain. Researchers looked at survival rates after surgery in 300 hospitals, and matched these against the workload and education of their nurses. They looked ...

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