Safe staffing for nursing in emergency departments: Evidence review

Emergency Medicine Journal

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 888-894

  Recio Saucedo, Alejandra ^a   Pope, Catherine ^a   Dall'Ora, Chiara ^a   Griffiths, Peter ^a   Jones, Jeremy ^b   Crouch, Robert ^c   Drennan, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SOUTHAMPTON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSENTEEISM; AMBULANCE DIVERSION; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MEDICATION ERROR; NURSING SHORTAGE; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNITED KINGDOM; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION;

AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84947045384     PISSN: 14720205     EISSN: 14720213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/emermed-2015-204936     Document Type: Review

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