Maintaining quality care during a nursing shortage using licensed practical nurses in acute care

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 60-68

  Kenney, Patricia A ^a  

^a St Michael Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Licensed practical nurses; Nursing shortage

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MANPOWER; NURSING; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; WORK; WORKLOAD;

ACUTE DISEASE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; JOB SATISFACTION; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, PRACTICAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0035403938     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200107000-00007     Document Type: Article

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