Nurses' work schedule characteristics, nurse staffing, and patient mortality

Nursing Research

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Trinkoff, Alison M ^a   Johantgen, Meg ^a   Storr, Carla L ^a   Gurses, Ayse P ^b   Liang, Yulan ^a   Han, Kihye ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

mortality; patient outcomes; work schedule; working conditions

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MORTALITY; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKLOAD;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; ILLINOIS; LOGISTIC MODELS; NORTH CAROLINA; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ADJUSTMENT; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 78650853926     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e3181fff15d     Document Type: Article

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