Nurse staffing and patient safety in hospitals: New variable and longitudinal approaches

Nursing Research

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-12

  Unruh, Lynn Y ^a   Zhang, Ning Jackie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

latent growth curve model; nurse staffing; patient outcomes; patient safety indicators

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; DECUBITUS; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION; MEDICAID; MODEL; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SEPSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ALGORITHMS; DIAGNOSIS-RELATED GROUPS; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION; MEDICAID; MODELS, NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PRESSURE ULCER; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SEPSIS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 83655181337     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e3182358968     Document Type: Article

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