Measuring patient satisfaction with nursing care: Experience of using the newcastle satisfaction with nursing scale

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 307-315

  Walsh, Mike ^b   Walsh, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Old School House   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nursing care; Patient satisfaction; Quality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0033071419     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.1999.00890.x     Document Type: Article

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