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The effect of Nurse GraduaTeness on patient mortality: a cross-sectional survey (the NuGaT study)

Gkantaras, Ioannis; Mahfoud, Ziyad R.; Foreman, Brent; Thompson, David R.; Cannaby, Ann Marie; Deshpande, Deepak Hanmanthrao; Watson, Roger; Topping, Annie; Gray, Richard

Authors

Ioannis Gkantaras

Ziyad R. Mahfoud

Brent Foreman

David R. Thompson

Ann Marie Cannaby

Deepak Hanmanthrao Deshpande

Annie Topping

Richard Gray



Abstract

© 2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd Aim: To investigate the relationship between patient mortality and the educational preparation (graduateness) of the nurses who cared for them. Background: There have been 18 studies over the last two decades examining the effect of nurses’ educational qualifications on mortality. All but three have used mortality data aggregated at the hospital level that has been combined with surveys of nurses to estimate the level of graduateness in the population. Data collection and extraction generally has been done at different points in time. Design: A retrospective, cross-sectional study. Method: Routine administrative patient data were extracted (May–August 2015). The primary outcome was all-cause patient mortality at discharge. We were able to identify the individual nurses who provided care during patients inpatient stay using an identification number. We were then able to calculate the ‘graduateness’ of the nursing care patients received by dividing the number of recorded episodes of care provided by baccalaureate prepared nurses with the total number of care episodes. Results: After adjusting for confounding, we observed a significant association between patient mortality and nurse graduateness. Our observations suggest an optimum level of baccalaureate prepared nurses of approximately 70%. Above this level, there appears to be no additional decrease in mortality rates. Conclusion: This study represents an important methodological step forward over previous approaches. Our observations are generally consistent with existing literature and confirm the importance of baccalaureate nurse education.

Citation

Gkantaras, I., Mahfoud, Z. R., Foreman, B., Thompson, D. R., Cannaby, A. M., Deshpande, D. H., Watson, R., Topping, A., & Gray, R. (2016). The effect of Nurse GraduaTeness on patient mortality: a cross-sectional survey (the NuGaT study). Journal of advanced nursing, 72(12), 3034-3044. https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13059

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Jun 29, 2016
Online Publication Date Jul 27, 2016
Publication Date Nov 11, 2016
Deposit Date Jul 7, 2016
Publicly Available Date Jul 27, 2016
Journal Journal of advanced nursing
Print ISSN 0309-2402
Publisher Wiley
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 72
Issue 12
Pages 3034-3044
DOI https://doi.org/10.1111/jan.13059
Keywords Nurse, Graduateness, Mortality, Cross-sectional, Survey, Qatar, RN4CAST
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/440659
Publisher URL http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jan.13059/abstract
Additional Information Authors' accepted manuscript of article published in: Journal of advanced nursing, 2016.
Contract Date Jul 7, 2016

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