Nursing time allocation and other considerations for staffing

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 126-133

  Gran Moravec, Marilyn B ^a   Hughes, Christina M ^a  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurse activities; Nurse staffing; Quality improvement; Questionnaires; Skill mix

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RURAL AREA; SELF REPORT; SHIFT WORKER; SKILL; TIME MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; WORKING TIME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BED OCCUPANCY; DOCUMENTATION; DRUG THERAPY; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PERSONNEL DELEGATION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TELEMETRY; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; TIME MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 20944451840     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2005.00230.x     Document Type: Article

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