Staffing in postnatal units: Is it adequate for the provision of quality care? Staff perspectives from a state-wide review of postnatal care in Victoria, Australia

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Forster, Della A ^a   McLachlan, Helen L ^a   Yelland, Jane ^a   Rayner, Jo ^a   Lumley, Judith ^a   Davey, Mary Ann ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; MATERNAL CARE; MIDWIFE; NURSERY; PHYSICIAN; POSTNATAL CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; ADULT; DELIVERY ROOM; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; VICTORIA; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DELIVERY ROOMS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSERIES, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POSTNATAL CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VICTORIA; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33747347539     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-6-83     Document Type: Review

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