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| 1. |  Study: Nurse working conditions and patient safety outcomes. |
| | Stone PW, Mooney-Kane C, Larson EL, et al. Med Care. 2007;45:571-578. |
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| 2. | Study: Hospital workload and adverse events. |
| | Weissman JS, Rothschild JM, Bendavid E, et al. Med Care. 2007;45:448-455. |
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| 3. | Fact Sheet/FAQs: 10 Patient Safety Tips for Hospitals. |
| | Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality; 2007. AHRQ Publication No. 07-P004. |
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| 4. | Study: The effect of workload on infection risk in critically ill patients. |
| | Hugonnet S, Chevrolet JC, Pittet D. Crit Care Med. 2007;35:76-81. |
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| 5. | Study: Nurse staffing in hospitals: is there a business case for quality? |
| | Needleman J, Buerhaus PI, Stewart M, Zelevinsky K, Mattke S. Health Aff (Millwood). 2006;25:204-211. |
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| 6. | Commentary: A 38-year-old woman with fetal loss and hysterectomy. |
| | Sachs BP. JAMA. 2005;294:833-840. |
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| 7. | Book/Report: Keeping Patients Safe: Transforming the Work Environment of Nurses. |
| | Committee on the Work Environment for Nurses and Patient Safety, Board on Health Care Services, Page A, ed. Washington, DC: National Academies Press; 2004. |
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| 8. | Study: Hospital nurse staffing and patient mortality, nurse burnout, and job dissatisfaction. |
| | Aiken LH, Clarke SP, Sloane DM, Sochalski J, Silber JH. JAMA. 2002;288:1987-1993. |
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| 9. | Study: Nurse-staffing levels and the quality of care in hospitals. |
| | Needleman J, Buerhaus P, Mattke S, Stewart M, Zelevinsky K. N Engl J Med. 2002;346:1715-1722. |
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| 10. | Study: Intensive care unit nurse staffing and the risk for complications after abdominal aortic surgery. |
| | Pronovost PJ, Dang D, Dorman T, et al. Eff Clin Pract. 2001;4:199-206. |
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| 11. | Study: Errors in administration of parenteral drugs in intensive care units: multinational prospective study. |
| | Valentin A, Capuzzo M, Guidet B, et al; Research Group on Quality Improvement of the European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM); Sentinel Events Evaluation (SEE) Study Investigators. BMJ. 2009;338:b814. |
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| 12. | Study: Exploring organizational context and structure as predictors of medication errors and patient falls. |
| | Mark BA, Hughes LC, Belyea M, Bacon CT, Chang YK, Jones CA. J Patient Saf. 2008;4:66-77. |
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| 13. | Study: Medication errors associated with code situations in U.S. hospitals: direct and collateral damage. |
| | Lipshutz AKM, Morlock LL, Shore AD, et al. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2008;34:46-56. |
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| 14. | Study: Do hospitals provide lower quality care on weekends? |
| | Becker DJ. Health Serv Res. 2007;42:1589-1612. |
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| 15. | Study: Supplemental nurse staffing in hospitals and quality of care. |
| | Aiken LH, Xue Y, Clarke SP, Sloane DM. J Nurs Admin. 2007;37:335-342. |
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| 16. | Study: Impact of the nurse shortage on hospital patient care: comparative perspectives. |
| | Buerhaus PI, Donelan K, Ulrich BT, Norman L. DesRoches C, Dittus R. Health Aff (Millwood). 2007;26:853-862. |
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| 17. | Study: Operational failures and interruptions in hospital nursing. |
| | Tucker AL, Spear SJ. Health Serv Res. 2006;41:643-662. |
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| 18. | Study: Hospital nurse staffing and patient mortality, emotional exhaustion, and job dissatisfaction. |
| | Halm M, Peterson M, Kandels M, et al. Clin Nurse Spec. 2005;19:241-251. |
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| 19. | Study: Improving nurse-to-patient staffing ratios as a cost-effective safety intervention. |
| | Rothberg MB, Abraham I, Lindenauer PK, Rose DN. Med Care. 2005;43:785-791. |
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| 20. | Study: Testing the association between Patient Safety Indicators and hospital structural characteristics in VA and nonfederal hospitals. |
| | Rivard PE, Elixhauser A, Christiansen CL, Zhao S, Rosen AK. Med Care Res Rev. 2009 Oct 30; [Epub ahead of print]. |
