Abstract

FERRER PIQUER, María  and  CAMANO PUIG, Ramón. Nursing workforce in Spanish hospitals: a comparative Analysis. Index Enferm [online]. 2017, vol.26, n.3, pp.223-227. ISSN 1699-5988.

The shortage of nurses is becoming a problem in the sustainability of the quality levels of the system, affecting both patient safety and the safety of nursing. Objective: Identify and define the nurse staffing Spanish hospitals and specify areas for improvement. Methods: Data adquisition in data bases and statistical analysis. Results: There are important differences in the staffing of nurses, including in relation with other professionals, it is in detriment of the safety of the patients and own nursing professionals. Conclusions: There isn't uniform criteria throughout the country for the provision of health human resources.

Keywords : Quality of health care; Nursing; Staff workload; Patient outcomes; Health resources administration.