Texas Nurse Staffing Trends Before and After Mandated Nurse Staffing Committees

Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3-4, 2015, Pages 79-96

  Jones, Terry ^a   Heui Bae, Sung ^a   Murry, Nicole ^a   Hamilton, Patti ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TEXAS WOMAN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

facilities regulation; federal regulation; health care quality; nursing health care workforce issues; rural health; state legislation

Indexed keywords

GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; LICENSED PRACTICAL NURSE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NURSING STAFF; REGISTERED NURSE; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; SKILL MIX; UNITED STATES; ADULT; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; TEXAS; TRENDS;

ADULT; ADVISORY COMMITTEES; AMERICAN HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84949768723     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154415616254     Document Type: Article

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