The phrase "a delay in nursing" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing healthcare, patient care, or nursing practices where there is a postponement or holdup in nursing services or actions.
Example: "The hospital experienced a delay in nursing due to staff shortages, affecting patient care."
Alternatives: "a hold-up in nursing" or "a postponement in nursing".
A lack of inpatient beds has also been shown to increase ED LOS for admitted patients [ 34], which in turn has been associated with a delay in nurse implementation of orders for critically ill patients, both in the ED and upon arrival in the ICU [ 35].
71 Comparative cost analyses of DBS and optimal medical therapy concluded that DBS may be more efficient clinically on the basis of UPDRS scores, and economically effective primarily through a reduction in drug requirements and delay in nursing care costs.
Solid research by Mary Mittelman has shown that psychological support helps family caregivers live better with the stress they face, resulting in delay in nursing home placement by upward of 18 months.
The major delay in nursing homes was due to the high frequency of administrative turnover.
In several studies ChEI treatment was associated with a delay in time to nursing home placement, 104 an effect that is reportedly dose dependent.
Indeed, a randomised clinical trial comparing memantine to placebo in patients with AD living in the community has provided evidence for a delay in time to nursing home admission and a reduction in caregiver time in patients treated with memantine [ 21].
Lower level evidence (level 3) from two large studies supports a delay in or reduced risk of nursing home placement among patients treated with donepezil (Geldmacher et al. 2003; Beusterien et al. 2004), particularly those who complied well with their treatment regimen (Geldmacher et al. 2003; Table 10).
Moreover, a higher ChEI dose was associated with a delay in the need for nursing home placement [ 21, 55].
Residents in nursing homes commonly had to wait for the GP to assess them which suggests a delay in the provision of adequate pain control.
There was in fact an abundance of medical teams, nursing staff and resources to treat the critically injured, and no critically injured patient experienced a delay in treatment.
