Current and future State of the US nursing workforce

JAMA

Volumn 300, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 2422-2424

  Buerhaus, Peter I ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; NOTE; NURSE; NURSING CARE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING PRACTICE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 57049153060     PISSN: 00987484     EISSN: 15383598     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jama.2008.729     Document Type: Note

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