Relationship of nursing personnel and nursing home care quality

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 130-136

  Bostick, Jane E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

Minimum Data Set (MDS); Quality indicators; Quality of nursing home care; Staffing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECUBITUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INCONTINENCE; JOB PERFORMANCE; NURSE; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; WEIGHT REDUCTION; WORK SCHEDULE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; FECES INCONTINENCE; HOME FOR THE AGED; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING ASSISTANT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URINE INCONTINENCE; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WORKLOAD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FECAL INCONTINENCE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MISSOURI; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; OWNERSHIP; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PRESSURE ULCER; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; URINARY INCONTINENCE; WEIGHT LOSS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 2342558687     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200404000-00010     Document Type: Article

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