Nurse director rounds to ensure service quality

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 435-440

  Lee, Susan M ^a   Manley, Bessie ^b  

^a Yvonne L Munn Center for Nursing Research   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; HUMANS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEW ENGLAND; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 55249106196     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NNA.0000338155.02730.0d     Document Type: Article

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