Patient Satisfaction as a Positive Nursing Outcome
- 1 January 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Nursing Care Quality
- Vol. 23 (1) , 58-65
- https://doi.org/10.1097/01.ncq.0000303806.09242.37
Abstract
The purpose of this cross-sectional survey was to assess patient satisfaction and analyze its relationship to nurse staffing levels in 34 inpatient wards at 4 Finnish university hospitals. The patients were satisfied with their care in general. However, the proportion of registered nurses (RNs), the patient-to-RN ratio, and the RNs' working years were highly related to patient satisfaction. Eight patients per RN was the cut-off point for patient satisfaction.Keywords
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