Relationships between patient dependency, nursing workload and quality

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 75-84

  Hurst, Keith ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Nursing workload and quality of nusing care; Patient dependency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STAFF; NURSING; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; UNITED KINGDOM; WARD; WORKLOAD;

DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OBSERVATION; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 9944257943     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2004.05.011     Document Type: Article

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