The effect of Nurse GraduaTeness on patient mortality: a cross-sectional survey (the NuGaT study)

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 3034-3044

  Gkantaras, Ioannis ^a   Mahfoud, Ziyad R ^b   Foreman, Brent ^a   Thompson, David R ^c   Cannaby, Ann Marie ^d   Deshpande, Deepak Hanmanthrao ^a   Watson, Roger ^e   Topping, Annie ^a,f   Gray, Richard ^a,f,g  

^a HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^c AUSTRALIAN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d BIRMINGHAM CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HULL   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

cross sectional; graduateness; mortality; nurse; Qatar; RN4CAST; survey

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EXTRACTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MORTALITY RATE; NURSING CARE; NURSING EDUCATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT CODING; QATAR; ADULT; AGED; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84979581148     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.13059     Document Type: Article

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