Nurses Improving Care for Healthsystem Elders - a model for optimising the geriatric nursing practice environment

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 21-22, 2012, Pages 3117-3125

  Capezuti, Elizabeth ^a   Boltz, Marie ^a   Cline, Daniel ^a   Dickson, Victoria Vaughn ^a   Rosenberg, Marie Claire ^a   Wagner, Laura ^a   Shuluk, Joseph ^a   Nigolian, Cindy ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Elderly people; Geriatric care environment; Geriatrics; Healthcare organisations and systems; Hospitals; Nurse practice environment; Nursing; Patient care; Quality; Quality of geriatric care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSE; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; NURSES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84867975027     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04259.x     Document Type: Article

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