Hospital Nursing Characteristics Affect Outcomes in Very-Low-Birth-Weight Infants

• Autores: Karen Rosenberg
• Localización: American Journal of Nursing, ISSN 0002-936X, Vol. 115, Nº. 1, 2015, págs. 57-57
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • According to this study:

    * Very-low-birth-weight infants born at hospitals with larger proportions of such infants who were black had greater odds of acquiring a nosocomial infection and being discharged when not being fed breast milk (both nursing-sensitive quality outcomes) than those born in hospitals with smaller proportions of black very-low-birth-weight infants.

    * Poorer nursing characteristics—understaffing in particular—appear to contribute to these disparities.