Safety in numbers : nurse-to-patient ratios and the future of health care /

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"Legally mandated nurse-to-patient ratios are one of the most controversial topics in health care today. Ratio advocates believe that minimum staffing levels are essential for quality care, better working conditions, and higher rates of RN recruitment and retention that would alleviate the curr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gordon, Suzanne, 1945-
Otros Autores: Bretherton, Tanya, Buchanan, John, 1959-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : ILR Press/Cornell University Press, 2008.
Colección:Culture and politics of health care work.
Temas:
Nursing services > Standards > California.
Nursing services > Standards > Australia > Victoria.
Nursing services > California > Personnel management > Statistical methods.
Nursing services > Australia > Victoria > Personnel management > Statistical methods.
Hospitals > California > Administration > Statistical methods.
Hospitals > Australia > Victoria > Administration > Statistical methods.
Ratio analysis.
Nursing Services > manpower.
Nursing Staff, Hospital > supply & distribution
Personnel Staffing and Scheduling
Safety Management
Services infirmiers > Normes > Californie.
Services infirmiers > Normes > Australie > Victoria.
Services infirmiers > Californie > Personnel > Direction > Méthodes statistiques.
Services infirmiers > Australie > Victoria > Personnel > Direction > Méthodes statistiques.
Hôpitaux > Californie > Administration > Méthodes statistiques.
Hôpitaux > Australie > Victoria > Administration > Méthodes statistiques.
Ratios (Analyse financière)
MEDICAL > Nursing > Issues.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Security.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Social Services & Welfare.
Hospitals > Administration > Statistical methods
Nursing services > Standards
Ratio analysis
Australia
California
Victoria
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Hospital restructuring and the erosion of nursing care in California and the United States
  • Not out of thin air
  • The hospital industry response
  • Ratios redux
  • Working life for nurses in the late 1990s in Australia : a snapshot
  • How did it come to this? : the factors driving the intensification of nursing work
  • Winning ratios in Victoria
  • Evaluating the impact of ratios : an imperfect experiment
  • What we know about nurse staffing
  • Arguments against and alternatives to ratios.

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