A review of workload measures: A context for a new staffing methodology in Western Australia

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 132-140

  Twigg, Di ^a,b   Duffield, Christine ^b  

^a SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Nursing hours per patient day; Staffing; Workload measures

Indexed keywords

EID: 56949103161     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.08.005     Document Type: Article

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