Staffing and organisation of nursing care in cardiac intensive care units in Greece

European Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 123-129

  Merkouris, Anastasios ^a,d   Papathanassoglou, Elizabeth D E ^b   Pistolas, Dimitrios ^c   Papagiannaki, Vasileia ^a   Floros, John ^a   Lemonidou, Chryssoula ^b  

^a EVANGELISMOS HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Cardiac Surg ICU Evangelismos H   (Greece)

^d ICU Evangelismos Hospital ^*  (Greece)

Author keywords

Cardiac intensive care units; In service training; Nurse autonomy; Organisation of care; Staffing

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; CORONARY CARE UNIT; GREECE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE; NURSING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE; TITRIMETRY;

ADULT; CORONARY CARE UNITS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; GREECE; GUIDELINES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; LENGTH OF STAY; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 0037676064     PISSN: 14745151     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1474-5151(03)00029-X     Document Type: Article

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