NURSING RESEARCH
ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Nursing research and practice
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STAFFING AND PATIENT
OUTCOMES
Aiken, L. H., Clarke, S. P., Sloane, D. M., Sochalski, J., & Silber, J. H. (2002). Hospital nurse staffing
and patient mortality, nurse burnout, and job dissatisfaction. JAMA, 288(16), 1987-1993.
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.288.16.1987
ANNOTATION
Aiken and colleagues investigate the relationship between hospital nurse staffing and both patient
and nurse outcomes. The study links staffing levels with surgical patient mortality and with nurses'
experiences of burnout and job dissatisfaction, showing why staffing is simultaneously a
patient-safety and workforce issue. The article is valuable because it examines several outcomes and
uses data from a large group of hospital nurses and patients. It provides an influential U.S. research
foundation for nursing studies of staffing, retention, and care quality.
MISSED NURSING CARE
Recio-Saucedo, A., Dall’Ora, C., Maruotti, A., Ball, J., Briggs, J., Meredith, P., Redfern, O. C., Kovacs,
C., Prytherch, D., Smith, G. B., & Griffiths, P. (2018). What impact does nursing care left undone
have on patient outcomes? Review of the literature. Journal of Clinical Nursing, 27(11-12),
2248-2259. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14058
ANNOTATION
This systematic review examines nursing care that is delayed, omitted, or left unfinished and its
relationship to patient outcomes in acute hospitals and nursing homes. Across the included studies,
the review identifies reported associations with outcomes such as patient satisfaction, medication
errors, falls, pressure ulcers, readmissions, and perceived quality of care. Its value lies in
synthesizing multiple studies rather than relying on one hospital dataset. The review also helps
students see how staffing and organizational conditions can shape the amount of care that is left
undone.
GLOBAL NURSING
WORKFORCE
World Health Organization. (2020). State of the world’s nursing 2020: Investing in education, jobs
and leadership. https://www.who.int/publications/i/item/9789240003279
ANNOTATION
The World Health Organization report provides a global assessment of the nursing workforce,
including education, employment, leadership, and workforce policy. It draws on data from 191
Member States and places nursing within broader goals for universal health coverage and stronger
primary health care. This makes it useful for a nursing bibliography that needs an international
perspective instead of relying only on U.S. hospital studies. The report is especially helpful for
identifying workforce challenges and policy questions that can be explored through more focused
nursing research.
