Nursing care quality and adverse events in US hospitals

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 15-16, 2010, Pages 2185-2195

  Lucero, Robert J ^a   Lake, Eileen T ^b   Aiken, Linda H ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adverse events; Nursing care; Practice; Quality; Quality of care; Research

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MEDICAL ERROR; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; MEDICAL ERRORS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77955941077     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03250.x     Document Type: Article

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