Patient-care time allocation by nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the intensive care unit

Critical Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Carpenter, David L ^a   Gregg, Sara R ^a   Owens, Daniel S ^a   Buchman, Timothy G ^a   Coopersmith, Craig M ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DOCUMENTATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; REIMBURSEMENT; SELF REPORT; TIME PERCEPTION; ECONOMICS; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; TIME;

DOCUMENTATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANTS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84857021364     PISSN: 13648535     EISSN: 1466609X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/cc11195     Document Type: Article

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