Effects of Outsourced Nursing on Quality Outcomes in Long Term Acute Care Hospitals
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2011
Publication Title
Journal of Nursing Adminsitration
DOI
10.1097/NNA.0b013e31820c7258
Abstract
Use of outsourced nurses is often a stop gap measure for unplanned vacancies in smaller healthcare facilities such as long-term acute-care hospitals (LTACHs). However, the relationship of utilization levels (low, medium, or high percentages) of nonemployees covering staff schedules often is perceived to have negative relationships with quality outcomes. To assess this issue, the authors discuss the outcomes of their national study of LTACH hospitals that indicated no relationship existed between variations in percentage of staffing by contracted nurses and selected outcomes in this post-acute-care setting.
Recommended Citation
Alvarez, Raymond, Bernard J. Kerr, J. Burtner, Gerald R. Ledlow, Larry V. Fulton.
2011.
"Effects of Outsourced Nursing on Quality Outcomes in Long Term Acute Care Hospitals."
Journal of Nursing Adminsitration, 41 (3).
doi: 10.1097/NNA.0b013e31820c7258
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/health-policy-facpubs/14
