Understanding and measuring patients' assessment of the quality of nursing care

Nursing Research

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 159-166

  Lynn, Mary R ^a   McMillen, Bradley J ^b   Sidani, Souraya ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b Wake County Public Schools   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Healthcare quality; Instrumentation; Patient satisfaction; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EMPATHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; EMPATHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INDIVIDUALITY; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34248386530     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NNR.0000270025.52242.70     Document Type: Review

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