Claiming the future of nursing through nursing‐sensitive quality indicators

Nursing Administration Quarterly

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 273-284

  Gallagher, Rita Munley ^a   Rowell, Patricia A ^a  

^a American Nurses Association   (United States)

Author keywords

nursing; patient safety; quality; quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; FORECASTING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MODEL; NURSING; NURSING CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; REVIEW; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ACUTE DISEASE; AMERICAN NURSES' ASSOCIATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING; NURSING CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING SERVICES; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0642334328     PISSN: 03639568     EISSN: 15505103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006216-200310000-00004     Document Type: Article

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