Researchers at Yonsei University College of Nursing Report New Data on Geriatric Nursing (Effects of registered nurse staffing on quality of care and resident outcomes in nursing homes)

Hospital & Nursing Home Daily

2020 MAY 25 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Hospital & Nursing Home Daily -- Current study results on Nursing - Geriatric Nursing have been published. According to news reporting out of Seoul, South Korea, by NewsRx editors, research stated, “Few studies focus on Registered Nurse (RN) staffing and resident health outcomes in Korean nursing homes. This study aimed to investigate the effects of RN staffing on quality of care and resident outcomes in South Korean nursing homes.”

Our news journalists obtained a quote from the research from the Yonsei University College of Nursing, “The study was a secondary data analysis of 5679 participants from the National Health Insurance Service. A mixed-effect linear model and multinomial logistic regression model assessed resident outcomes and quality of care, respectively. The number of RNs significantly affected patient mortality. The overall evaluation rating for quality of care in nursing homes increased as the number of RNs increased. Level of RN staffing in nursing homes influenced health management and quality of care for residents.”

According to the news editors, the research concluded: “A variety of efforts are needed to strengthen the workforce of RNs in nursing homes, including enacting a law for safe RN staffing and converting the evaluation of nursing home quality into health outcomes.”

For more information on this research see: Effects of registered nurse staffing on quality of care and resident outcomes in nursing homes. Geriatric Nursing, 2020;():. Geriatric Nursing can be contacted at: Mosby, Inc, 11830 Westline Industrial Dr, St Louis, MO 63146-3318, USA. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Geriatric Nursing - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/geriatric-nursing/)

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting I.S. Kim, Mo-Im Kim Nursing Research Institute, Yonsei University College of Nursing, Seoul, South Korea. Additional authors for this research include E. Cho, T.W. Lee, G.S. Kim, H. Lee and D. Min.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2020.04.001. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.