Perceived adverse patient outcomes correlated to nurses' workload in medical and surgical wards of selected hospitals in Kuwait

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 581-590

  Al Kandari, Fatimah ^a   Thomas, Deepa ^a  

^a MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Nurse patient load; Nurses; Nursing; Perceived adverse patient outcomes; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MALE; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKLOAD;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENTS; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 58349094830     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02369.x     Document Type: Article

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