State nursing shortages and patient satisfaction: More RN - Better patient experiences

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 119-127

  Clark, Paul Alexander ^a   Leddy, Kelly ^a   Drain, Maxwell ^a   Kaldenberg, Dennis ^a  

^a Press Ganey Associates Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurses; Patient satisfaction; Patients; Quality of care; Staffing; Workforce

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MANAGEMENT; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; POLICY MAKING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33947287751     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCQ.0000263100.29181.e3     Document Type: Article

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