Nurse Staffing Levels: A Case Study

Debates have been ongoing for many years on the outcomes of RNs versus LPN/LVNs and there are multiple studies that associate that RNs have better outcomes for hospitalized patients. Aydin et al. conducted a study in collaboration with the California nursing outcomes coalition (CalNOC) database project to determine this process. The study goals were to improve evidence-based clinical and administrative decision-making and resolve public policy and clinical dilemmas (2004). Studies like the one conducted by Aydin et al. develop platforms for further research, but other studies do indeed associate and in some case validate that RNs do have fewer incidents of adverse events and lower mortality (2004). In a study of nurse staffing levels