Staffing and resource adequacy Strongly related to rns' assessment of patient safety: A national study of Rns working in acute-care hospitals in sweden

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 242-249

  Alenius, Lisa Smeds ^a   Tishelman, Carol ^a   Runesdotter, Sara ^a   Lindqvist, Rikard ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWEDEN;

EID: 84894140914     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001734     Document Type: Article

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