What does quality care mean to nurses in rural hospitals?

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1346-1355

  Baernholdt, Marianne ^a   Jennings, Bonnie Mowinski ^b   Merwin, Elizabeth ^c   Thornlow, Deirdre ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b Health Care Consultant Evans   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Chief nursing officers; Community nurses; Quality care; Rural culture; Rural hospitals

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77952864731     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05290.x     Document Type: Article

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