Nurses as boundary-spanners in reducing avoidable hospitalizations among nursing home residents

Research in Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 235-243

  Abrahamson, Kathleen ^a   Mueller, Christine ^b   Davila, Heather Wood ^b   Arling, Greg ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NURSE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; NURSING STAFF; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; THEMATIC ANALYSIS; AGED; DECISION MAKING; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; GERIATRIC NURSING; INTERVIEW; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT TRANSPORT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WORKLOAD;

AGED; DECISION MAKING; GERIATRIC NURSING; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT TRANSFER; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84922287818     PISSN: 19404921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20140519-01     Document Type: Article

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