Nurses' perceptions of patients' requirements for nursing resources

Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Dunn, Sandra V ^a   Schmitz, Karl ^b  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

^b FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

High dependency; Nursing resources; Organisational context

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERVIEW; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; TIME MANAGEMENT;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEALTH RESOURCES; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL PERCEPTION; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; TIME MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33645463995     PISSN: 08130531     EISSN: 14474328     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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