Adequacy and Efficiency of Nurse Staffing and Relationship to Patient Outcomes and Illness Severity at Four Canadian NICUs

Abstract 1458 Poster Session III, Monday, 5/3 (poster 63)

BACKGROUND: Nursing is the single largest item of cost in the NICU. Recent cutbacks in provincial health care budgets have caused an apparent shortage of nurses at Canadian hospitals. To examine the impact of cutbacks on NICU nurse staffing, we assessed the adequacy and efficiency of nurse staffing at four Canadian NICUs, and their association with patient outcomes. We also assessed correlation between illness severity and nursing workload.

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