Nursing care quality: Process and outcome relationships

Canadian Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 174-190

  Ervin, Naomi E ^a,b   Chen, Shu Pi ^c   Upshaw, Harry S ^d  

^a Eastern Michigan University ^*  (United States)

^b EASTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c SAINT XAVIER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurse sensitive outcomes; Nursing care quality; Process and outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33846454709     PISSN: 08445621     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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