Nursing: Key to Quality Improvement

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 56, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 975-985

  Lacey, Susan R ^a,b   Cox, Karen S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI KANSAS CITY   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

NDNQI; NQF; Nurse sensitive indicators; Nursing; Quality

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH CARE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; INVESTMENT; MEDICAL STUDENT; NURSING CARE; NURSING STUDENT; REVIEW; SKILL MIX; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CHILD; EDUCATION, NURSING; HEALTH MANPOWER; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; LICENSURE, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING RESEARCH; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PEDIATRIC NURSING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 68049101456     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2009.05.004     Document Type: Review

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