Margaret Mangion, Jasmin Antonia Riebel
Young Creators: Perceptions of Creativity by Primary School Students in Malta
Journal of Intelligence
study sought analyse relationships nurse staffing patients length stay acute care units determine whether nonlinear relationships exist variables healthcare systems complex could assumed comprise nonlinear associations however current planning evaluation nurse staffing based primary linear reasoning quantitative study adopted retrospective longitudinal design retrospective register data consisting information relating 35306 patient episodes administrative information concerning 381 nurses used data collected 2009 20 somatic inpatient units university hospital finland monthly time series 2008 data analysed using bayesian dependency modelling patients acuity important agent connected eleven variables dependency network nurse staffing short length stay nonlinear associations found short length stay proportion registered nurses skill mix consisting average proportion registered nurses 6580 conducive short length stay predicted 66 likelihood short length stay higher lower percentages registered nurses predicted lower likelihood short length stay flexible nurse staffing preferable fixed staffing provide patients shorter length stay acute care units present research bayesian method revealed nonlinear relationships nurse staffing patient care outcomes