Professional collaboration: Who should determine safe staffing for nurses?

Newborn and Infant Nursing Reviews

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 113-116

  Keller, Amy E ^a   Dulle, Mica ^b   Kwiecinski, Sharon ^b   Altimier, Leslie ^a   Owens, Carol ^a  

^a Bethesda North Hospital   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Costs; Nurse patient ratios; Policy; RN safe staffing act

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883865765     PISSN: 15273369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.nainr.2013.07.001     Document Type: Article

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