Nursing staffing, nursing workload, the work environment and patient outcomes

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 244-255

  Duffield, Christine ^a   Diers, Donna ^a,b   O'Brien Pallas, Linda ^c   Aisbett, Chris ^d   Roche, Michael ^a   King, Madeleine ^e   Aisbett, Kate ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Laeta Pty Ltd   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD;

HUMANS; NEW SOUTH WALES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; WORKLOAD;

EID: 81255172860     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2009.12.004     Document Type: Article

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