Improving the quality of nurse assistants in nursing homes: Report of an attending physicians survey and an AMDA Symposium

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 141-145

  Zweig, Steven ^a,c   Lawhorne, Larry ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Management; Medical direction; Nurse assistants

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSISTANT; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSE; NURSING HOME; PHYSICIAN; POLICY; SALARY; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPOSIUM; TRAINING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0034888037     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1525-8610(04)70188-7     Document Type: Article

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