The care unit in nursing home research: Evidence in support of a definition

BMC Medical Research Methodology

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Estabrooks, Carole A ^a   Morgan, Debra G ^b   Squires, Janet E ^c   Boström, Anne Marie ^d   Slaughter, Susan E ^a   Cummings, Greta G ^a   Norton, Peter G ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; ELDERLY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LONG TERM CARE; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; NOMENCLATURE; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL; AGED; ALBERTA; DATA COLLECTION; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MANITOBA; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING CARE; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH PERSONNEL; SASKATCHEWAN; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 79953907858     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712288     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2288-11-46     Document Type: Article

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