Nurse staffing: The knowns and unknowns

Nursing Economics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 5-7

  Needleman, Jack ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

HUMANS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 85003048283     PISSN: 07461739     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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