Comparing the nurse staffing in Korean and U.S. nursinghomes

Nursing Outlook

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 137-143

  Lee, Hyang Yuol ^a   Shin, Juh Hyun ^b   Harrington, Charlene ^c  

^a Eulji University   (South Korea)

^b Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Korea; Nursing home; Quality; Staffing standard; United States

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SOUTH KOREA; STANDARDS; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84925944723     PISSN: 00296554     EISSN: 15283968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.outlook.2014.08.005     Document Type: Article

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