Changes in patients' need of nursing care reflected in the Zebra system

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 191-199

  Levenstam, Anna Karin ^a,b   Bergbom, I ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Nursing; Patient classification; Workload; Zebra system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; HUMAN; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING CARE; PATIENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

HUMANS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING CARE; PATIENTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0036652851     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2834.2002.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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