Nurse practitioners can reduce costs, improve patient safety in long-term care facilities
Nurse practitioners can reduce costs, improve patient safety in long-term care facilities Countries worldwide face challenges meeting the growing needs for long-term care services because of high costs. A study led by researchers from McGill University and Université du Québec en Outaouais shows that introducing nurse practitioners can significantly reduce costs and improve patient safety. According to the study, published in Nursing Outlook, cost savings for on-site nurse practitioner care for adverse events were between 1.9 and 3.2 million dollars across the six sites, including the redu...
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