Nursing Diagnoses as Predictors of Hospital Length of Stay: A Prospective Observational Study

ConclusionsThe number of nursing diagnoses is a strong independent predictor of an effective hospital length of stay and of a length of stay longer than expected.Clinical RelevanceThe systematic inclusion of standard nursing care data in electronic health records can improve the predictive ability on hospital outcomes and describe the patient complexity more comprehensively, improving hospital management efficiency.
Source: Journal of Nursing Scholarship - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: Original Manuscript Source Type: research