The relationship between staffing and quality in long-term care facilities: Exploring the views of nurse aides

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 55-64

  Bowers, Barbara J ^b   Esmond, Sarah ^b   Jacobson, Nora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Long term care; Nurse aides; Nursing homes; Quality of care; Residents; Staffing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0034221169     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200007000-00009     Document Type: Article

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