Development of a nursing workload measurement instrument in burn care

Burns

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 942-948

  de Jong, Alette E E ^a   Leeman, Jolan ^a   Middelkoop, Esther ^b,c  

^a RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c ASSOCIATION OF DUTCH BURN CENTRES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Burn care; Measurement instrument development; Nursing workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURN UNIT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; NURSING CARE; PATIENT CARE; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; WORKLOAD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349086119     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2009.04.005     Document Type: Article

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