Staffing, skill mix and the model of care

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 15-16, 2010, Pages 2242-2251

  Duffield, Christine ^a   Roche, Michael ^a   Diers, Donna ^b   Catling Paull, Christine ^a   Blay, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Models of care; Nursing care delivery systems; Nursing workload; Practice environment; Skill mix; Staffing levels

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; MANPOWER; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING;

EID: 77955974513     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03225.x     Document Type: Article

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