Safe Nurse Staffing: A Win-Win Collaboration Model for Influencing Health Policy

Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 160-166

  Wieck, K Lynn ^a   Oehler, Teresa ^b   Green, Alexia ^c   Jordan, Clair ^d  

^a Texas Nurses Association   (United States)

^b 84 bed St Luke’s Community Medical Center ^*  (United States)

^c TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d American Nurses Association   (United States)

Author keywords

ANA staffing rules; collaboration; mediation; nurse staffing; patient safety

Indexed keywords

EID: 84993791815     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154404266578     Document Type: Article

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