International experts' perspectives on the state of the nurse staffing and patient outcomes literature: World health

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 290-297

  Van Den Heede, Koen ^a   Clarke, Sean P ^b   Sermeus, Walter ^a   Vleugels, Arthur ^a   Aiken, Linda H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Delphi survey; Nurse staffing; Patient outcomes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONSENSUS; CROSS INFECTION; DELPHI STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONSENSUS; CROSS INFECTION; DELPHI TECHNIQUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING, PRACTICAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PAIN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WORKLOAD;

EID: 36148958688     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2007.00183.x     Document Type: Article

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