The national nursing assistant survey: Improving the evidence base for policy initiatives to strengthen the certified nursing assistant workforce

Gerontologist

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 185-197

  Squillace, Marie R ^a   Remsburg, Robin E ^b   Harris Kojetin, Lauren D ^c   Bercovitz, Anita ^c   Rosenoff, Emily ^a   Han, Beth ^a  

^a U S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES   (United States)

^b GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR HEALTH STATISTICS   (United States)

Author keywords

Certified nursing assistants; Direct care workers; Long term care workforce; National Nursing Assistant Survey; Nursing homes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING HOME; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; CERTIFICATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; POLICY MAKING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66749164264     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp024     Document Type: Article

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