Licensed practical nurse scope of practice and quality of nursing home care

Nursing Research

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 315-324

  Corazzini, Kirsten N ^a   Anderson, Ruth A ^a   Mueller, Christine ^b   Thorpe, Joshua M ^c   McConnell, Eleanor S ^a,d  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

nurse practice act; nurse's practice patterns; nursing homes; quality of healthcare

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LEGAL ASPECT; LONG TERM CARE; MANPOWER; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICAL NURSING; SOCIAL CONTROL; UNITED STATES; WORK;

FACILITY REGULATION AND CONTROL; HUMANS; JOB DESCRIPTION; LONG-TERM CARE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; NURSING, PRACTICAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883623052     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: 15389847     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NNR.0b013e31829eba00     Document Type: Article

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