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On nursing units where nurses more required care, very low birthweight infants have greater odds of acquiring a bloodstream infection and staying longer in the hospital. Published in Medical Care Research and Review, the found one-quarter of nurses across 190 hospitals reported having missed a clinical requirement on the prior shift. Nurses with higher workloads, higher acuity assignments or in poor work environments were more likely to miss care, according to prior . “The combined evidence sends a clear picture to hospital administrators and neonatal intensive care unit managers to remedy insufficient staffing and unsupportive work environments,” said lead author Eileen Lake, PhD, RN, a professor of nursing and gerontology and associate director of the Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research at the University of Pennsylvania. (University of Pennsylvania , 1/24/23)