Foundations of a nursing-sensitive outcome indicator suite for monitoring public patient safety in Western Australia

Collegian

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 167-181

  Twigg, Diane E ^a,b   Pugh, Judith D ^a   Gelder, Lucy ^a   Myers, Helen ^a  

^a EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Assessment; Indicators; Nursing sensitive outcomes; Patient outcomes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927632548     PISSN: 13227696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colegn.2015.03.007     Document Type: Article

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