White paper on nurse staffing levels for patient safety and workforce safety (2019)

Summary

White paper on nurse staffing levels for patient safety and workforce safety was produced in 2019 by the Saudi Patient Safety Center and the International Council of Nurses.

The paper brings together evidence from a wide range of sources, covering different countries and contexts, showing that having the right numbers of nurses, in the right place and at the right time, delivers quality and safety for the populations they serve, and will help to retain nurses.