Measuring the workload of community nurses in Ireland: A review of workload measurement systems

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 481-489

  Brady, Anne Marie ^a   Byrne, Gobnait ^a   Horan, Paul ^a   Griffiths, Colin ^a   MacGregor, Catriona ^a   Begley, Cecily ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Community nurse; Patient classification systems; Public health nurse; Workload measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLASSIFICATION; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HOSPITALIZATION; INFORMATION SYSTEM; IRELAND; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING ASSESSMENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DECISION MAKING; HEALTH PLANNING; HOUSE CALLS; IRELAND; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PATIENTS; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING INFORMATION SYSTEMS; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34250342173     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2007.00663.x     Document Type: Article

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