Nurse staffing issues are just the tip of the iceberg: A qualitative study about nurses' perceptions of nurse staffing

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 52, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 1300-1309

  van Oostveen, Catharina J ^a   Mathijssen, Elke ^a,b   Vermeulen, Hester ^a,c  

^a ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inter professional relationships; Nurse staff hospital organization administration; Personnel staffing and scheduling; Personnel staffing and scheduling information system classification; Professional autonomy; Professional practice; Qualitative research; Quality of healthcare; Safety; Workload

Indexed keywords

HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FOCUS GROUPS; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING;

EID: 85027919543     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2015.04.002     Document Type: Article

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