Methodological integrative review of the work sampling technique used in nursing workload research

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 2434-2449

  Blay, Nicole ^a   Duffield, Christine M ^a   Gallagher, Robyn ^a,b   Roche, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Integrative review; Literature review; Nursing research; Research methodology; Research techniques; Work sampling; Workload nurse

Indexed keywords

NURSING PROCESS; WORKLOAD;

NURSING PROCESS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84908143303     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12466     Document Type: Review

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