A theory-driven approach to evaluating quality of nursing care

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 60-65

  Sidani, Souraya ^a,b   Doran, Diane M ^a,b   Mitchell, Pamela H ^a,c  

^a Lambda Pi ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Quality nursing care; Research methods; Theory

Indexed keywords

HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSING CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING THEORY; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 2942655241     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2004.04014.x     Document Type: Review

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