Determining nurse staffing needs: The workload intensity measurement system

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 44-53

  Hoi, Shu Yin ^a   Ismail, Norafida ^a   Ong, Li Chern ^a   Kang, Jasmine ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Nursing workload; Patient classification system

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; MANPOWER; MODEL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGAPORE; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKLOAD;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; MODELS, NURSING; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SINGAPORE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77956008687     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2009.01045.x     Document Type: Article

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