Staffing Levels and COVID-19 Infections and Deaths in Korean Nursing Homes
| Autor: | Jiyeon Lee, Juh Hyun Shin, Kyeong Hun Lee, Charlene A. Harrington, Sun Ok Jung |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
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| Zdroj: | Policy, Politics & Nursing Practice Policy, politics & nursing practice, vol 23, iss 1 |
| ISSN: | 1552-7468 1527-1544 |
| Popis: | The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread rapidly worldwide. Nursing home (NH) residents are the most vulnerable high-risk population to infection. Professional registered nurses’ (RNs’) infection control is irreplaceable. We used a secondary data analysis method using the government's senior citizen welfare department large data set about all NHs (N = 3,389) across Korea between January 20 and October 20, 2020. Bed size positively associated with the mortality rate (No. of COVID-19 resident deaths / No. of total residents) ( p = .048). When the proportion of RNs to total nursing staff was higher, the infection rate was 0.626% lower ( p = .049), the mortality rate was 0.088% lower ( p = .076), the proportion of confirmed COVID-19 cases per resident out of the total number of NHs was 44.472% lower ( p = .041), and the proportion of confirmed COVID-19 deaths per resident out of the total number of NHs was 6.456% lower ( p = .055). This study highlighted nurse staffing criteria and suggests that increasing RNs in NHs will reduce infection and mortality rates during the COVID-19 pandemic. We strongly suggest NHs hire at least one RN per day to properly function, and a minimum of four RNs to provide a fully competent RN workforce in long-term care settings in Korean NHs. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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