Hospital nurse staffing and patient mortality, nurse burnout, and job dissatisfaction

Journal of the American Medical Association

Volumn 288, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 1987-1993

  Aiken, Linda H ^a   Clarke, Sean P ^a   Sloane, Douglas M ^a   Sochalski, Julie ^a   Silber, Jeffrey H ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CAUSE OF DEATH; DYING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037164054     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.288.16.1987     Document Type: Article

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