Decreasing Nurse Staffing Costs in a Hospital Setting: Development and Support of Core Staff Stability

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 226-240

  Tuttas, Carol A ^a  

^a Bethesda Memorial Hospital Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost accounting; Goal congruence; Management control systems; Nursing shortage

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST CONTROL; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; HUMAN; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

COST CONTROL; FLORIDA; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL DELEGATION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING;

EID: 0041705461     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: 15505065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200307000-00009     Document Type: Article

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