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Framework for safe Staffing and Skill Mix (Ireland): Research Programme

Project overview

This ongoing programme of research, funded by the Irish HRB and conducted in partnership with colleagues at University College Cork, is exploring the implementation of safe staffing policies in Ireland covering a variety of clinical setting including general wards, emergency departments and has now extended to care homes.

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Peter Griffiths

Chair in Health Services Research

Research interests

  • Health workforce
  • Epidemiology
  • Nursing
Connect with Peter

Email: [email protected]

Other researchers

Professor Jackie Bridges PhD MSN BN(Hons) PGCert

Prof of Older People's Care

Research interests

  • Older people’s care and support
  • Professional work and workforce development
  • Organisational behaviour
Connect with Jackie

Email: [email protected]

Professor Jane Ball FRCN PhD RN Bsc(Hons)

Professorial Fellow-Research
Connect with Jane

Email: [email protected]

Research outputs

Estimating the economic cost of nurse sensitive adverse events amongst patients in medical and surgical settings
Aileen Murphy, Peter Griffiths, Christine Duffield, Noeleen M Brady, Anne Philomena Scott, Jane Ball & Jonathan Drennan, 2021, Journal of Advanced Nursing, 77(8), 3379-3388
DOI: 10.1111/jan.14860
Type: article
A protocol to measure the impact of intentional changes to nurse staffing and skill-mix in medical and surgical wards
Jonathan Drennan, Christine Duffield, Anne Philomena Scott, Jane Ball, Noeleen M. Brady, Aileen Murphy, Darren Dahly, Eileen Savage, Paul Corcoran, Josephine Hegarty & Peter Griffiths, 2018, Journal of Advanced Nursing
DOI: 10.1111/jan.13796
Type: article