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Chronic hospital nurse understaffing meets COVID-19: an observational study

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2020

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Karen B. Lasater, Linda H. Aiken, Douglas M. Sloane, Rachel French, Brendan Martin, Kyrani Reneau, Maryann Alexander, Matthew D. McHugh
BMJ Quality & Safety

Abstract

Hospital nurses were burned out and working in understaffed conditions in the weeks prior to the first wave of COVID-19 cases, posing risks to the public's health. Such risks could be addressed by safe nurse staffing policies currently under consideration.

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