A meta-study of the essentials of quality nursing documentation

International Journal of Nursing Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 112-124

  Jefferies, Diana ^a   Johnson, Maree ^b   Griffiths, Rhonda ^b  

^a Centre for Applied Nursing Research   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Content; Documentation; Meta synthesis; Nursing; Quality

Indexed keywords

DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NURSING PROCESS; REVIEW; STANDARD;

DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; NURSING PROCESS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77956621189     PISSN: 13227114     EISSN: 1440172X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2009.01815.x     Document Type: Article

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