Nursing Home Staffing Standards and Staffing Levels in Six Countries

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 88-98

  Harrington, Charlene ^a   Choiniere, Jacqueline ^b   Goldmann, Monika ^c   Jacobsen, Frode Fadnes ^d   Lloyd, Liz ^e   McGregor, Margaret ^f   Stamatopoulos, Vivian ^g   Szebehely, Marta ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b York University   (Canada)

^c TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d BERGEN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^g YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

International; Nurse staffing; Nursing homes; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

CANADA; EUROPE; HUMANS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857450107     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2011.01430.x     Document Type: Article

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