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2010 Shortage of Nurses Means Death After Hip Fracture Medscape
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Location: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/718859
Description: Report of presentation to the AAOS Annual Meeting 2010.Low nurse staffing levels are associated with increased mortality among elderly patients admitted to hospital with hip fractures, new research suggests.
In a retrospective cohort study presented at the American Association of Orthopaedic Surgeons 2010 Annual Meeting, the risk for death among elderly patients in the hospital with hip fractures increased 22% when the nursing staff was reduced by 1 full-time nurse each day
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Institution: Medscape
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- - OCOSH Classification: Trauma: Fractures: Femur Fractures: Hip Fractures
- - Orthopaedic Nursing: Orthopaedic Nursing Topics: Trauma
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Added: Wed Mar 31 2010
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