Associations among nurse and certified nursing assistant hours per resident per day and adherence to guidelines for treating nursing home-acquired pneumonia

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1105-1111

  Hutt, Evelyn ^a,b   Radcliff, Tiffany A ^a,b   Liebrecht, Debra ^b   Fish, Ron ^b   McNulty, Monica ^b   Kramer, Andrew M ^b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurse staffing; Nursing homes; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

AGED; ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MALE; MORTALITY; NURSE; NURSE RESIDENT STAFFING RATIO; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 55949107644     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/63.10.1105     Document Type: Article

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