Nurse staffing and patient falls on acute care hospital units

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 53-59

  Dunton, Nancy ^a   Gajewski, Byron ^b   Taunton, Roma Lee ^a   Moore, Jan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; DATA BASE; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE FINANCING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSE; NURSING;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; DATABASES; HUMANS; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 1542346168     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2003.11.006     Document Type: Article

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