Differences in health, productivity and quality of care in younger and older nurses

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 914-921

  Letvak, Susan ^a   Ruhm, Christopher ^b   Gupta, Sat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Generational differences; Presenteeism; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRESENTEEISM; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF CARE; STATISTICS;

GENERATIONAL DIFFERENCES; PRESENTEEISM; QUALITY OF CARE;

AGE FACTORS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHOLOGY, INDUSTRIAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84885834100     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jonm.12181     Document Type: Article

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