How nurses manage time and work in long-term care

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 484-491

  Bowers, Barbara J ^a,c   Lauring, Cathy ^b   Jacobson, Nora ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^b Evercare   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Grounded dimensional analysis; Long term care; Nurses; Nursing homes; Quality of care; Staffing; Time management

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CREATIVITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LONG TERM CARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TIME MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WORK; WORKLOAD;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CREATIVENESS; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; JOB SATISFACTION; LONG-TERM CARE; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SKILLED NURSING FACILITIES; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TIME MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0035258908     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2001.01686.x     Document Type: Article

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