Patient satisfaction and non-UK educated nurses: A cross-sectional observational study of English National Health Service Hospitals

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 12, 2015, Pages

  Germack, Hayley D ^a   Griffiths, Peter ^b   Sloane, Douglas M ^a   Rafferty, Anne Marie ^c   Ball, Jane E ^b   Aiken, Linda H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MODEL; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; NURSE; NURSING CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SATISFACTION; TRUST; UNITED KINGDOM; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOREIGN NURSE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES, INTERNATIONAL; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATE MEDICINE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84960110759     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009483     Document Type: Article

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