Validation of standard times and influencing factors during the development of the Workload Indicator for Nursing

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 674-686

  Myny, Dries ^a   De Bacquer, Dirk ^b   Van Hecke, Ann ^b   Beeckman, Dimitri ^b   Verhaeghe, Sofie ^b   Van Goubergen, Dirk ^c  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c Van Goubergen P and M ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Nursing; Nursing activities; Nursing minimum dataset; Self registration; Standard time utilization; Workload measurement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; NURSING; NURSING ACTIVITIES; NURSING MINIMUM DATASET; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF-REGISTRATION; STANDARD TIME UTILIZATION; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKLOAD;

NURSING; NURSING ACTIVITIES; NURSING MINIMUM DATASET; SELF-REGISTRATION; STANDARD TIME UTILIZATION; WORKLOAD MEASUREMENT;

BELGIUM; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84892900535     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12232     Document Type: Article

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