Nurse staffing and patient outcomes in critical care: A concise review

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1521-1528

  Aragon Penoyer, Daleen ^a  

^a ORLANDO HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

critical care; hospital; hospital mortality; intensive care unit; nursing staff; nursing workload; outcome and process assessment; personnel staffing and scheduling; postoperative complications

Indexed keywords

EXTUBATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MORTALITY; NURSING COMPETENCE; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 77954087084     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181e47888     Document Type: Review

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