Attention Health Care Leaders: Literature Review Deems Baccalaureate Nurses Improve Patient Outcomes

Nursing Education Perspectives

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2018, Pages E2-E6

  O'Brien, Deborah ^a   Knowlton, Mary ^a   Whichello, Ramona ^a  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Baccalaureate Nurses (BSN); Cost Effectiveness; Failure to Rescue; Length of Stay; Mortality Rates; Patient Outcomes; Readmission Rates

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTENTION; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; LENGTH OF STAY; MORTALITY RATE; NURSE; ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; NURSING EDUCATION;

ATTENTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EDUCATION, NURSING, BACCALAUREATE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; NURSES;

EID: 85060445623     PISSN: 15365026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NEP.0000000000000303     Document Type: Article

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