Nurse workload and missed nursing care in neonatal intensive care units

JAMA Pediatrics

About The Study:

 In this cross-sectional study, nurses’ subjective workload and shift-level staffing ratios exerted direct effects on reliable care delivery. High subjective workload and staffing ratios greater than 2 infants per nurse should be targets for workload reduction in neonatal intensive care units. 

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Heather L. Tubbs-Cooley, Ph.D., email tubbscooley.1@osu.edu.

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(doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2025.3647)

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JAMA Pediatrics