Staffing adequacy, supervisory support and quality of care in long-term care settings: Staff perceptions

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 615-626

  Räikkönen, Outi ^a   Perälä, Marja Leena ^a   Kahanpää, Anja ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Long term care; Nursing; Perceptions; Professional skills; Quality of care; Questionnaire; Staffing; Support; Survey

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LONG TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STANDARD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FINLAND; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LONG-TERM CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 36549013254     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04443.x     Document Type: Article

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