Standards for nurse staffing in critical care units determined by: The british association of critical care nurses, the critical care networks national nurse leads, royal college of nursing critical care and in-flight forum

Nursing in Critical Care

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 109-111

  Bray, Kate ^a   Wren, Ian ^b   Baldwin, Andrea ^c   Ledger, Una St ^d   Gibson, Vanessa ^e   Goodman, Sheila ^f   Walsh, Dominic ^g  

^a BACCN   (United Kingdom)

^b PLYMOUTH HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^c Lancashire and South Cumbria Critical Care Network   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL GROUP OF HOSPITALS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f WEST SUFFOLK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical care; Nursing; Staffing levels

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MANAGER; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; SKILL MIX; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; INTENSIVE CARE; MANPOWER; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSISTANT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PROFESSIONAL DELEGATION; REVIEW; STANDARD; WORKLOAD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL CARE; DELEGATION, PROFESSIONAL; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77956626750     PISSN: 13621017     EISSN: 14785153     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-5153.2010.00392.x     Document Type: Article

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