Nurse staffing and patient, nurse, and financial outcomes

American Journal of Nursing

Volumn 108, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 62-71

  Unruh, Lynn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL COST; HUMAN; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL COSTS; HUMANS; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 37549033871     PISSN: 0002936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000305132.33841.92     Document Type: Article

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