Relationship between nurse staffing levels and nurse outcomes in community hospitals, Thailand

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 112-118

  Nantsupawat, Apiradee ^a   Nantsupawat, Raymoul ^a   Kulnaviktikul, Wipada ^a   Mchugh, Matthew D ^b  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Job dissatisfaction; Needlestick injuries; Nurse staffing levels; Sharps injuries; Thailand

Indexed keywords

EID: 84924710096     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/nhs.12140     Document Type: Article

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