A recent study found patients are more likely to die if the nurses who care for them are looking after more than six patients, according to The Telegraph.
Here are three takeaways:
1. Death rates were 20 percent lower in facilities where nurses cared for an average of six or fewer patients than in facilities where nurses cared for 10 patients or more.
2. The study found providing more healthcare assistances rather than nurses did not lower mortality rates.
3. Researchers urge healthcare facilities to base their staffing decisions on patient safety.
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