Perceived adverse patient outcomes correlated to nurses' workload in medical and surgical wards of selected hospitals in Kuwait.

Fatimah Al-Kandari; Deepa Thomas

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Perceived adverse patient outcomes correlated to nurses' workload in medical and surgical wards of selected hospitals in Kuwait.

February 18, 2009

Al-Kandari F, Thomas D. J Clin Nurs. 2009;18(4):581-90.

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Kuwaiti nurses felt that increased workload and stress were associated with an increased incidence of patient safety problems.

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