Nurse staffing and the work environment linked to readmissions among older adults following elective total hip and knee replacement

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 253-258

  Lasater, Karen B ^a,b   Mchugh, Matthew D ^a,b  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Hip replacement; Knee replacement; Nursing; Readmission; Work environment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ELECTIVE SURGERY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HIP REPLACEMENT; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD; ADVERSE EFFECTS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; KNEE REPLACEMENT; NURSING; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; WORKPLACE;

AGED; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, HIP; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT READMISSION; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84964767157     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzw007     Document Type: Article

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