Securing and managing nursing home resources: Director of nursing tactics

Gerontologist

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 748-759

  Siegel, Elena O ^a   Young, Heather M ^a   Zysberg, Leehu ^a,b   Santillan, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b TEL HAI COLLEGE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Leadership; Long Term Care; Management; Nursing

Indexed keywords

AGED; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING HOME; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING HOMES; NURSING SERVICES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84943416579     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnu003     Document Type: Article

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