Managing the optimal workload by the PAONCIL method - A challenge for nursing leadership in care of older people

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 426-434

  Frilund, Marianne ^a,e   FagerstrÖm, Lisbeth ^b,c,d  

^a NOVIA UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH EASTERN NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^d ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^e NONE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Nursing intensity; Older people; PAONCIL; Resource allocation

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WORKLOAD;

EID: 66849099548     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2009.01013.x     Document Type: Article

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