TY - JOUR T1 - Increasing nurse staffing levels and a higher proportion with bachelor’s degrees could decrease patient mortality risk JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 62 LP - 62 DO - 10.1136/eb-2014-101913 VL - 18 IS - 2 AU - Milisa Manojlovich Y1 - 2015/04/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/18/2/62.abstract N2 - Commentary on: Aiken LH, Sloane DM, Bruyneel L, et al. Nurse staffing and education and hospital mortality in nine European countries: a retrospective observational study. Lancet 2014;383:1824–30.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of ScienceHospital efforts to save costs by reducing nursing staff may contribute to 30-day in-hospital mortality, while more nurses prepared at the baccalaureate level may help prevent adverse outcomes.Policymakers need nurse staffing level recommendations based on scientific, business, social and political evidence in order to act.What is the role of nursing in improving the quality of healthcare? Policymakers need a good answer to this question, the path to which lies in better understanding the relationship between nursing, healthcare quality and costs.1 A long-standing programme of research led by Linda Aiken has explored relationships … ER -