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Staffing Levels and COVID-19 Infections and Deaths in Korean Nursing Homes
- Title
- Staffing Levels and COVID-19 Infections and Deaths in Korean Nursing Homes
- Authors
- Lee J.; Shin J.H.; Lee K.H.; Harrington C.A.; Jung S.O.
- Ewha Authors
- 신주현; 정선옥
- SCOPUS Author ID
- 신주현; 정선옥
- Issue Date
- 2022
- Journal Title
- Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice
- ISSN
- 1527-1544
- Citation
- Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice vol. 23, no. 1, pp. 15 - 25
- Keywords
- COVID-19; nurse staffing; nursing homes
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc.
- Indexed
- SCOPUS
- Document Type
- Article
- Abstract
- The novel coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) spread rapidly worldwide. Nursing home (NH) residents are the most vulnerable high-risk population to infection. Professional registered nurses’ (RNs’) infection control is irreplaceable. We used a secondary data analysis method using the government's senior citizen welfare department large data set about all NHs (N = 3,389) across Korea between January 20 and October 20, 2020. Bed size positively associated with the mortality rate (No. of COVID-19 resident deaths / No. of total residents) (p =.048). When the proportion of RNs to total nursing staff was higher, the infection rate was 0.626% lower (p =.049), the mortality rate was 0.088% lower (p =.076), the proportion of confirmed COVID-19 cases per resident out of the total number of NHs was 44.472% lower (p =.041), and the proportion of confirmed COVID-19 deaths per resident out of the total number of NHs was 6.456% lower (p =.055). This study highlighted nurse staffing criteria and suggests that increasing RNs in NHs will reduce infection and mortality rates during the COVID-19 pandemic. We strongly suggest NHs hire at least one RN per day to properly function, and a minimum of four RNs to provide a fully competent RN workforce in long-term care settings in Korean NHs. © The Author(s) 2021.
- DOI
- 10.1177/15271544211056051
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- 간호대학 > 간호학전공 > Journal papers
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