Nurses' perceptions of quality and the factors that affect quality care for older people living in long-term care settings in Ireland

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 873-884

  Murphy, Kathy ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Long term care; Mixed methods; Nurses perceptions of quality; Quality care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; IRELAND; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; STANDARD;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; IRELAND; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34247330186     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2006.01633.x     Document Type: Article

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