Utilization of non-US educated nurses in US hospitals: Implications for hospital mortality

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 366-372

  Neff, Donna Felber ^a   Cimiotti, Jeannie ^b   Sloane, Douglas M ^c   Aiken, Linda H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^b School of Nursing   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; General methodology; Health care system; Health policy; Hospital care; Human resources; measurement of quality; Mortality; Nursing; Patient outcomes (health status, quality of life, Mortality); Professions; Setting of care; Surveys; Workforce and workload

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGISTERED NURSE; SURGICAL PATIENT; TREATMENT FAILURE; UNITED STATES;

COMPLICATIONS; GENERAL METHODOLOGY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH POLICY; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN RESOURCES; MEASUREMENT OF QUALITY; MORTALITY; NURSING; PATIENT OUTCOMES (HEALTH STATUS, QUALITY OF LIFE, MORTALITY); PROFESSIONS; SETTING OF CARE; SURVEYS; WORKFORCE AND WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES, INTERNATIONAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT DISCHARGE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881109682     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzt042     Document Type: Article

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