A research protocol for testing relationships between nurse workload, missed nursing care and neonatal outcomes: The neonatal nursing care quality study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 632-641

  Tubbs Cooley, Heather L ^a   Pickler, Rita H ^a   Mark, Barbara A ^b   Carle, Adam C ^c  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Electronic health record; Health services research; Missed care; Neonatal intensive care; Nurse staffing; Nurse workload; Outcomes; Quality; Safety

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; STANDARDS; WORKLOAD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; NEONATAL NURSING; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84922900794     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12507     Document Type: Article

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