Instability in patient and nurse characteristics, unit complexity and patient and system outcomes

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1288-1298

  Duffield, Christine M ^a,b   Roche, Michael A ^a   Dimitrelis, Sofia ^a   Homer, Caroline ^a   Buchan, James ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b EDITH COWAN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nursing; Nursing unit complexity; Nursing unit manager; Patient care delivery model; Patient outcomes; System outcomes

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT;

HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE);

EID: 84929347225     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.12597     Document Type: Article

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