Missed nursing care due to low nurse staffing increases patient mortality

(University of Southampton) Failure to deliver complete nursing care explains why hospitals with lower registered nursing (RN) staff levels have a higher risk of patient death, a new University of Southampton study has shown.Jane Ball, Principal Research Fellow at the university, who led the study, says the results published in the International Journal of Nursing Studies reveal that care left undone due to lack of time is the 'missing link' in understanding variation in hospital mortality rates...