Registered Nurse Staffing and Patient and Nurse Outcomes in Hospitals: A Commentary

Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 104-111

  Clarke, Sean P ^a   Aiken, Linda H ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

hospital; hospital mortality; nursing staff; personnel staffing and scheduling; public policy; quality of nursing care in hospitals

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993725052     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154403004002002     Document Type: Article

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