Nurse-friendly hospital project: Enhancing nurse retention and quality of care

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 305-313

  Meraviglia, Martha ^a   Grobe, Susan J ^a   Tabone, Stephanie ^b   Wainwright, Mary ^c   Shelton, Steve ^c   Yu, Lydia ^c   Jordan, Clair ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b Texas Nurses Association   (United States)

^c East Texas Area Health Education Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurse retention; Nurse staffing; Quality indicators; Work environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 55349087934     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCQ.0000314728.65721.7c     Document Type: Article

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