High nurse staffing level has a positive impact on patient satisfaction with nursing care in an acute hospital setting: From nurses' perspectives

Singapore General Hospital Proceedings

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 143-148

  Fang, Zhang Rong ^a   Mohd, Nazeemah Bte ^a   Ling, Chan Choong ^a  

^a SGH

Author keywords

Nurse staffing level; Nurses' perspectives; Patient satisfaction; Quality nursing care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; NURSING; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; WARD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 24144444115     PISSN: 02183048     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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