Trends in nursing staff allocation: The nurse-to-patient ratio and skill mix issues in Israel: Original article

International Nursing Review

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 63-69

  Rassin, Michal ^a   Silner, D ^a  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Israel; Nurse to patient Ratio; Nursing Positions; Patient Classification; Staff Mix

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ISRAEL; NURSING; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ISRAEL; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, PRACTICAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33847021871     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2007.00529.x     Document Type: Article

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