Nursing skill mix and outcomes: A Singapore perspective: Original article

International Nursing Review

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 56-62

  Ayre, Tracy C ^a   Gerdtz, M F ^a   Parker, J ^a   Nelson, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Outcomes; Quality of Care; Registered Nurses; Singapore; Skill Mix

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HOSPITAL; MODEL; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SINGAPORE; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; HOSPITALS, SPECIAL; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; SINGAPORE;

EID: 33847070827     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2007.00518.x     Document Type: Article

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