Can the northwick park care needs assessment be used to estimate nursing staff requirements in an inpatient rehabilitation setting?

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 535-544

  Williams, Heather ^a   Harris, Ruth ^b   Turner Stokes, Lynne ^a  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b KINGSTON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; HEALTH CARE NEED; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NURSING CARE; NURSING INTERVENTION; NURSING ROLE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SAFETY; REHABILITATION CARE; REHABILITATION CENTER; REHABILITATION NURSING; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHMS; BED OCCUPANCY; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; REHABILITATION CENTERS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 34447628505     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269215507075501     Document Type: Article

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