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Chiara Dall'Ora

@ora_dall

RN, Associate Professor @unisouthampton. Researching the health workforce, shift patterns, staffing levels to improve patient & workforce outcomes.
Southampton, England southampton.ac.uk/healthsciences… Joined October 2014
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Excited to announce our new paper.

In this longitudinal study involving over 18,000 nurses, we discovered that exposure to RN understaffing significantly increases the risk of sickness absence within nursing teams.

Have a read: jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…
jamanetwork.com Nurse Staffing Configurations and Nurse Absence Due to Sickness This case-control study examines the association between nurse staffing configurations and sickness absence in hospital inpatient unit nursing teams in England.
JAMA Network Open @JAMANetworkOpen Apr 22, 2025
Understaffing nurses is associated with a higher risk of sickness absence, highlighting that adverse working conditions can contribute to absenteeism and staff shortages. ja.ma/4cIt8WD @ora_dall @workforcesoton
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Chiara Dall'Ora @ora_dall
The Health Workforce and Systems Research group is now on LinkedIn! Click through to keep up to date on all of our fantastic work: linkedin.com/company/health…
www.linkedin.com UoS Health Workforce and Systems Research Group | LinkedIn UoS Health Workforce and Systems Research Group | 80 followers on LinkedIn. We research how healthcare is organised and delivered, with the aim of achieving better outcomes for patients. | At the...
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Chiara Dall'Ora @ora_dall
📊 New research alert! Led by Dr Paul Meredith, we tested whether an algorithm could estimate ward workload using routine NHS data.

Moderate accuracy on general wards = promising step toward automating nurse staffing assessments.

medinform.jmir.org/2025/1/e71666
medinform.jmir.org Estimating Nurse Workload Using a Predictive Model From Routine Hospital Data: Algorithm Developm... Background: Managing nurse staffing is complex due to fluctuating demand based on ward occupancy, patient acuity and dependency. Monitoring staffing adequacy in real-time has the potential to inform...
Chiara Dall'Ora @ora_dall
New paper alert! Led by Dr Hannah Barker, we explore how NHS shift scheduling can better support nurses.
Collaborative & compromising strategies, flexible scheduling, and proactive communication are key to improving wellbeing & efficiency.

bmcnurs.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…
link.springer.com “I don’t think there’s necessarily a one size fits all” negotiating competing priorities in nurse... BMC Nursing - The nursing workforce globally faces significant challenges, including burnout, stress, and absenteeism, exacerbated by unsafe staffing levels and suboptimal working conditions. In...