South Dakota State University
Nurse Administrators' and Nurse Managers' Attitudes About Nurse-To-Patient Ratios, the Nurse Shortage, Job Satisfaction, and Patient Care
Abstract
dc:description.abstract<p>This study explored South Dakota (SD) Nurse Administrators' (NAd)/Nurse Managers' (NM) attitudes about Nurse-To-Patient (NTP) ratios, the nurse shortage, job satisfaction, and patient care. Awareness of these important issues can benefit the nursing profession with additional knowledge and enhance patient care delivery in the midst of a nursing shortage. There is an increasing body of evidence showing that higher NTP ratios are related to decrease patient morbidity/mortality and higher job satisfaction. A newly developed, Likert-type survey was mailed to a convenience sample of 128 SD NAds/NMs; 49 completed the survey. The data showed that over half of SDNAds/NMs favored NTP ratios; however, there were mixed opinions on the value of ratios and the effect ratios may have on the nursing shortage, job satisfaction, retention, and patient care. These mixed results suggest that there is a need to educate NAds/NMs about ratios.</p>
Degree
thesis:*- Name thesis:degree_name
- Master of Science (MS)
- Level thesis:degree_level
- Thesis - University Access Only
- Discipline thesis:degree_discipline
- Graduate Nursing
- Year
- 2008
Author and committee
dc:creator, dc:contributor.*- Author dc:creator
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- Erdahl-Wynia, Shelley
- Contributors dc:contributor
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- Barbara Hobbs
Subjects
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- Copyright © 2008 Shelly Erdahl-Wynia
- Language dc:language
- en
Identifiers
dc:identifier.*- Repository record dc:identifier
- https://openprairie.sdstate.edu/etd/932
- OAI identifier oai:identifier
- oai:openprairie.sdstate.edu:etd-1932