Staffing excellence: Moving from retrospective to prospective management of risk

Nursing Economics

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 211-214

  Rapala, Kathryn Gardner ^a  

^a AURORA HEALTH CARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK MANAGEMENT;

PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80053313413     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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