Impact of Average Patient Acuity on Staffing of the Phase I PACU

Journal of Perianesthesia Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 303-310

  Dexter, Franklin ^a   Wachtel, Ruth E ^a   Epstein, Richard H ^a  

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BUDGET; CLASSIFICATION; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; ECONOMICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION SYSTEM; LENGTH OF STAY; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POSTANESTHESIA NURSING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RECOVERY ROOM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TIME; WORKLOAD;

BUDGETS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING INFORMATION SYSTEMS; POSTANESTHESIA NURSING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECOVERY ROOM; RESEARCH DESIGN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TIME FACTORS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33749242387     PISSN: 10899472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jopan.2006.07.007     Document Type: Article

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