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Increased nurse workload is associated with bloodstream infections in very low birth weight infants.
Trial report in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 16 citations in OpenAlex.
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- Long-term outcomes of preterm infants admitted to single-family rooms versus an open-bay neonatal intensive care unit: A randomized controlled trial.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Article
- Bridging the gap: the mediating role of self-efficacy in the impact of workload on core competencies among pediatric nurses.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Validation of a Surgical Neonatal Nursing Workload Tool for an Italian Context: The Italian Winnipeg Surgical Complex Assessment of Neonatal Nursing Needs Tool.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2025Article
- Workload increases nurses' quiet quitting, turnover intention, and job burnout: evidence from Greece.AIMS public health · 2025Article
- Human Resources for Health-Related Challenges to Ensuring Quality Newborn Care in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Scoping Review.Global health, science and practice · 2021Article
- How to close the maternal and neonatal sepsis gap in sub-Saharan Africa.BMJ global health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Neonatal sepsis is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in very low birth weight infants (VLBWI). Nurse workload considerably affects infection rates in intensive care units. However, data concerning the impact of staff workload on bloodstream infections (BSI) in VLBWI are scarce. The aim of the study was to examine the association between nurse workload and BSI in VLBWI. VLBWI admitted to our neonatal intensive care unit during 2016-2017 were retrospectively analysed. Association between nurse workload, determined by a standardized nursing score, and the BSI occurrence was investigated. A higher nurse workload was significantly associated with higher occurrence of BSI (p = 0.0139) in VLBWI. An assumed workload of 120% or higher, representing the need for additional nurses in our NICU setting, is associated with an elevated risk for BSI in this vulnerable population OR 2.32 (95% CI: 1.42-3.8, p = 0.0005). In conclusion, nurse understaffing is associated with a higher risk for BSI in VLBWI.
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