Characteristics and staff resources of child and adolescent psychiatric hospital wards in Finland

Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 209-214

  Ellila H ^a,d   Sourander, A ^b   Valimaki M ^c   Piha, J ^b  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Child and adolescent; Nurse patient ratio; Psychiatric inpatients care; Staff resources; Staffing patterns

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MEDICAL INFORMATION; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGIST; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL WORKER; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH SERVICES; ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY; CHILD; CHILD HEALTH SERVICES; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; FINLAND; GUIDELINES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY, CLINICAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL WORK, PSYCHIATRIC; WORKLOAD;

EID: 17144385095     PISSN: 13510126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2850.2004.00821.x     Document Type: Article

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