Staff Assignment Practices in Nursing Homes: Review of the Literature

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 4-10

  Rahman, Anna ^a   Straker, Jane K ^a   Manning, Lydia ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consistent assignment; nurse aides; primary nursing; staff assignment

Indexed keywords

CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; LITERATURE; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOME; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING STAFF; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; REVIEW; SHIFT WORKER; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 57849105890     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2008.08.010     Document Type: Review

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