Nurse dose: Linking staffing variables to adverse patient outcomes

Nursing Research

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 214-220

  Manojlovich, Milisa ^a   Sidani, Souraya ^b   Covell, Christine L ^c   Antonakos, Cathy L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

nursing theory; outcome assessment; personnel staffing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FALLING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY, 500 AND OVER; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICHIGAN; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ONTARIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 79960027883     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e31822228dc     Document Type: Article

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