The Relationships of Nurse Staffing Level and Work Environment With Patient Adverse Events

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 74-82

  Cho, Eunhee ^a   Chin, Dal Lae ^b   Kim, Sinhye ^a   Hong, Oisaeng ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Korea; Nurse staffing; Patient adverse events; Patient outcomes; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEDICATION ERROR; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRESSURE ULCER; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; WORKPLACE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICATION ERRORS; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PRESSURE ULCER; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 84953364040     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jnu.12183     Document Type: Article

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