RESEARCHERS LINK NURSING INJURIES TO STAFFING LEVELS

 The more hours of nursing care provided per nursing home patient, the
fewer the workplace caregiver injuries, which leads to better quality of
care, say researchers from the University of Toronto and the University of
Maryland.

 The study, which appears in the July 1 issue of the American Journal of
Public Health, is authored by University of Maryland nursing professors
Alison Trinkoff (Department of Family and Community Health) and Meg
Johantgen (Department of Organizational Systems and Adult Health) and
Carles Muntaner, currently a U of T professor in Nursing and Psychiatry and
a senior scientist at Toronto’s Centre for Addiction and Mental Health...
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