Nurse Staffing in California Hospitals 1998-2000: Findings from the California Nursing Outcome Coalition Database Project

Policy, Politics, & Nursing Practice

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 20-29

  Donaldson, Nancy E ^a   Brown, Diane Storer ^b   Aydin, Carolyn E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^c CEDARS SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84993813861     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/152715440100200104     Document Type: Article

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