Nurse Specialty Certification, Inpatient Mortality, and Failure to Rescue

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 188-194

  Kendall Gallagher, Deborah ^a   Aiken, Linda H ^b   Sloane, Douglas M ^b   Cimiotti, Jeannie P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Certification; Experience; Nursing; Nursing education; Outcome assessment; Outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CERTIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NURSING DISCIPLINE; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

CERTIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS, PRIVATE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RISK ADJUSTMENT; SPECIALTIES, NURSING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79956275844     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2011.01391.x     Document Type: Article

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