Publications by authors named "Victor Jose Lopes Rodrigues"
Aim: This study aims to contribute to the knowledge of nurse staffing in hospital settings in central and northern Portugal.
Background: Nurse staffing is a critical factor for the quality and safety of health care and is still an understudied topic in Portugal.
Method: A cross-sectional study was conducted with a sample of 850 nurses from 12 public hospitals in the central and northern regions of Portugal.
Aim: To assess the impact of safe nurse staffing on the quality of care, based on the structure-process-outcome approach, in Portuguese hospitals.
Background: Safe nurse staffing is essential for the quality of care in hospital settings, together with work environment, organisational commitment and nursing practices. However, there is little evidence of its analysis in the Portuguese context.
Aim: To verify the association between the nurse staffing and the quality of nursing care, mediated by the care process, based on a hypothetical model, in Portuguese public hospitals.
Background: Nurse staffing influences health outcomes. Understaffing is associated with an increased risk for adverse events (AEs) and a reduction in the quality of care.
Aim: To assess the psychometric properties regarding the Portuguese version of the Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index.
Background: The Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index is the most widely used measure for assessing the practice environment. A model with a higher number of factors appears to be more adequate to Portuguese settings.