Research Proposal Introduction.
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Evidence for the proposed study
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The capacity of nurses to offer safe care to patients decreases as the number of patients assigned to him/her increases. This additional workload leads to errors such as stress and burning out, and workload errors (Carayon & Gurses, 2019). Other studies see excess workload as leading to risks of morbidity, low mortality and patients lack of safety. Also, past researches have proven that a high turnover for patients is characterised by high mortality rates in that particular hospital ("Nursing and Patient Safety | AHRQ Patient Safety Network", 2019). These studies were further supported by the works of Marina Kinnunen who found out that the increase in the workload for nurses hurt the safety of patients and the patient rate of mortality (Stephenson, Mitchell, Stephenson, Stephenson & Mitchell, 2019). Hence, the purpose of this study is to do further investigation into the relationship between patient safety and nurses' workload.
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Carayon, P., & Gurses, A. (2019). Nursing Workload and Patient Safety—A Human Factors Engineering Perspective. Retrieved from https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2657/
Nursing and Patient Safety | AHRQ Patient Safety Network. (2019). Retrieved from https://psnet.ahrq.gov/primers/primer/22/Nursing-and-Patient-Safety
Stephenson, J., Mitchell, G., Stephenson, J., Stephenson, J., & Mitchell, G. (2019). Excessive nurse workload linked to higher patient safety risk. Retrieved from https://www.nursingtimes.net/news/workforce/excessive-nurse-workload-linked-to-higher-patient-safety-risk/7024351.article
