Value-added care: A new way of assessing nursing staffing ratios and workload variability

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 243-252

  Upenieks, Valda V ^a,b   Akhavan, Jaleh ^a   Kotlerman, Jenny ^a   Esser, Jennifer ^a   Ngo, Myha J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Upenieks Health Services Consulting (UHSC)   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

CALIFORNIA; EFFICIENCY; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34248177325     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NNA.0000269744.17266.47     Document Type: Article

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