Recent trends in hospital nurse staffing in the United States

Journal of Nursing Administration

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 2013, Pages 388-393

  Staggs, Vincent S ^a   He, Jianghua ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84881556957     PISSN: 00020443     EISSN: 15390721     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNA.0b013e31829d620c     Document Type: Article

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