Matching Registered Nurse services with changing care demands (MatchRN): study protocol of a natural experiment multi-centre study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 73, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1735-1746

  Bachnick, Stefanie ^a   Ausserhofer, Dietmar ^b   Januel, Jean Marie ^c   Schubert, Maria ^d   Schwendimann, René ^a,e   De Geest, Sabina ^a,f   Simon, Michael ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Bolzano Bozen   (Italy)

^c University of Sorbonne Paris City   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

diagnosis related groups; hospitals; natural experiment design; nursing care; quality of health care; survey; work environment

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL STUDY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSIS RELATED GROUP; EMERGENCY CARE; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; REGISTERED NURSE; SKILL MIX; SURGERY; SURGICAL PATIENT; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

HUMANS; NURSING CARE; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 85018566330     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jan.13287     Document Type: Article

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