The emergency department nursing workforce: Local solutions for local issues

International Emergency Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 181-187

  Duffield, Christine M ^a   Conlon, Lisa ^a   Kelly, Michelle ^a   Catling Paull, Christine ^a   Stasa, Helen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY NURSING; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL BED UTILIZATION; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALIA; BED OCCUPANCY; EMERGENCY NURSING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FORECASTING; HEALTH SERVICES MISUSE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 77957010862     PISSN: 1755599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ienj.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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