Background Workforce studies often identify burnout as a nursing 'outcome'. Yet, burnout
itself—what constitutes it, what factors contribute to its development, and what the wider …

Background Globally, the health workforce has long suffered from labour shortages. This
has been exacerbated by the workload increase caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Major …

Aims To identify nursing care most frequently missed in acute adult inpatient wards and to
determine evidence for the association of missed care with nurse staffing. Background …

The theory and instrumentation for Fourier transform infrared spectrometry are discussed.
These instruments measure infrared spectra of the same quality as spectra measured on …

Background Austerity measures and health-system redesign to minimise hospital
expenditures risk adversely affecting patient outcomes. The RN4CAST study was designed …

Objective To determine whether hospitals with a good organisation of care (such as
improved nurse staffing and work environments) can affect patient care and nurse workforce …

An optical system for diffuse reflectance infrared spectrometry is described. The device uses
an on-axis ellipsoidal collecting mirror and a commercial Fourier transform spectrometer …

Background There is strong evidence to show that lower nurse staffing levels in hospitals
are associated with worse patient outcomes. One hypothesised mechanism is the omission …

Objectives To determine the association of hospital nursing skill mix with patient mortality,
patient ratings of their care and indicators of quality of care. Design Cross-sectional patient …

Glutathione peroxidases have been thought to function in cellular antioxidant defense.
However, some recent studies on Gpx1 knockout (−/−) mice have failed to show a role for …