Abstract: Hemodialysis patients and facilities are both gradually increasing every year. How to conduct effective nurse staffing allocation, improve nursing efficiency, guarantee nursing quality, ensure patient safety, and promote patient prognosis has become a critical issue to be solved nowadays. This paper provides an overview of the definition and current status of nurse staffing allocation in hemodialysis facilities, the types and current status of patient outcomes, and the correlation between nurse staffing allocation and patient outcomes in hemodialysis facilities, with the aim of raising the attention of relevant departments and health care managers to nurse staffing allocation and providing references for further relevant studies.

Key words: Hemodialysis, Nursing human resource allocation, Patient outcomes