The Nursing Workforce in Long-Term Care

Nursing Clinics of North America

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 161-168

  Reinhard, Susan C ^a   Young, Heather M ^b  

^a AARP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Long term care; Long term care consumers; Nurse delegation; Nursing workforce; Policy

Indexed keywords

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FORECASTING; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LONG TERM CARE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; REVIEW; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DELEGATION, PROFESSIONAL; FORECASTING; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; LONG-TERM CARE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING, PRACTICAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 65549142628     PISSN: 00296465     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cnur.2009.02.006     Document Type: Review

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