Workloads in Australian emergency departments a descriptive study

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 200-206

  Lyneham, Joy ^a   Cloughessy, Liz ^b   Martin, Valmai ^c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b ANZAC Research Institute   (Australia)

^c Shellharbour Hospital   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adverse outcomes; Nurse:patient ratio; Patient safety; Workloads

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

AUSTRALIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; RISK MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 46749129293     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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