The study examines the effect of nursing staff shortage on hospital healthcare performance in Ladoke Akintola University Teaching Hospital Ogbomoso, Oyo State, Nigeria given the significance of cognate healthcare performance in the life of an individual. Both questionnaire and interviewed techniques were used for data collection from 100 respondents was selected through stratified sampling techniques. In analyzing the data, probit regression was employed in addition to conventional descriptive statistics such as tables, frequency distribution and percentages. The result of this study observed that decreased in the quality of healthcare given [53%], increase errors [56%], increase in mortality [59%] and burnout [68%] were effect of nurses’ shortage on hospital healthcare performance while, higher morbidity [39%] and dissatisfaction [45%] are not an effect of nurses’ shortage on hospital healthcare performance. Specifically, this study revealed that the effect of nurses’ shortage on hospital healthcare performance is moderately high
- AMOO | P. | O. | amoopatience@gmail.com | 08033987442, MAKINDE | O. | Y. | oymakinde@lautech.edu.ng | 08060053753, AJAGBE | O. | R. | ajagbeolawumi7@gmail.com | 08030480952
- Nurses, Staff shortage, Hospital health care, Performance, Nigeria
- EFFECT OF NURSING STAFF SHORTAGE ON HOSPITAL HEALTHCARE PERFORMANCE IN LADOKE AKINTOLA UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL OGBOMOSO, OYO STATE, NIGERIA
