Undated file photo of a nurse treating a patient as nursing cutbacks are directly linked to higher patient death rates in hospitals, a major study has found. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Issue date: Wednesday February 26, 2014. Every extra patient added to a nurse's workload increases the risk of death within a month of surgery by 7%, according to data from 300 European hospitals in nine countries. The situation is made worse by employing poorly qualified nurses, the research showed. When nurses had university degrees, this went a long way towards making up for reduced staffing levels. See PA story HEALTH Nurses. Photo credit should read: David Jones/PA Wire
%VIRTUAL-SkimlinksPromo%Nursing cutbacks are directly linked to higher patient death rates in hospitals, a major study has found.
Every extra patient added to a nurse's workload increases the risk of death within a month of surgery by 7%, according to data from 300 European hospitals in nine countries.
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