Nurse staffing, care delivery model, and patient care quality

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-33

  Hall, Linda McGillis ^a,b   Doran, Diane ^a  

^a CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Care delivery; Nurse staffing; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSE; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; STAFF; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LICENSING; MODEL; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HOSPITALS, URBAN; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LICENSURE, NURSING; LINEAR MODELS; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 1442285460     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200401000-00007     Document Type: Article

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