The surveillance of nursing standards: An organisational case study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 43, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 975-984

  Cooke, Hannah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Audit; Monitoring; Nursing standards; Quality assurance; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); ENGLAND; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING AUDIT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL VALUES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 33749446621     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2005.11.003     Document Type: Article

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