Nurse staffing impact on quality of care in nursing homes: A systematic review of longitudinal studies

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 383-393

  Backhaus, Ramona ^a   Verbeek, Hilde ^a   van Rossum, Erik ^a,b   Capezuti, Elizabeth ^c   Hamers, Jan P H ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing homes; Quality; Review; Staffing

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DECUBITUS; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FRACTURE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICAL NURSE; REGISTERED NURSE; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE INCONTINENCE; ACCREDITATION; EXERCISE; INFECTION; MANPOWER; NURSING; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

ACCREDITATION; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFECTION; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PRESSURE ULCER; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RESTRAINT, PHYSICAL; URINARY CATHETERIZATION;

EID: 84901505191     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2013.12.080     Document Type: Review

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