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1 online resource (xvi, 542 pages) : illustrations, charts |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Part I. Review and recommendations -- Introduction -- Implications of population change -- Evolving health care scene -- Nursing personnel in a time of change -- Staffing and quality of care in hospitals -- Staffing and quality of care in nursing homes -- Staffing and work-related injuries and stress -- Epilogue. |
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Appendix. Separate statement / James F. Blumstein -- Responses by Committee members. |
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Part II. Resources for the study -- Study activities -- Written and oral testimony submitted to the Committee -- Site visits conducted by the Committee -- Statistical resources -- Commissioned papers -- Quality of care, organizational variables, and nurse staffing / Joyce A. Verran -- Professional nursing education: today and tomorrow / Angela Barron McBride -- Nursing staff and quality of care in nursing homes / Meridean Maas, Kathleen Buckwalter, Janet Specht -- Quality of care and nursing staff in nursing homes / Jean Johnson, C. McKeen Cowles, Samuel J. Simmens -- Nursing facility quality, staffing, and economic issues / Charlene A. Harrington -- Nursing injury, stress, and nursing care / Bonnie Rogers. |
| Summary |
Hospitals and nursing homes are responding to changes in the health care system by modifying staffing levels and the mix of nursing personnel. But do these changes endanger the quality of patient care? Do nursing staff suffer increased rates of injury, illness, or stress because of changing workplace demands? These questions are addressed in Nursing Staff in Hospitals and Nursing Homes, a thorough and authoritative look at today's health care system that also takes a long-term view of staffing needs for nursing as the nation moves into the next century. The committee draws fundamental conclusions about the evolving role of nurses in hospitals and nursing homes and presents recommendations about staffing decisions, nursing training, measurement of quality, reimbursement, and other areas. The volume also discusses work-related injuries, violence toward and abuse of nursing staffs, and stress among nursing personnel--and examines whether these problems are related to staffing levels. Included is a readable overview of the underlying trends in health care that have given rise to urgent questions about nurse staffing: population changes, budget pressures, and the introduction of new technologies. Nursing Staff in Hospitals and Nursing Homes provides a straightforward examination of complex and sensitive issues surround the role and value of nursing on our health care system. |
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified MiAaHDL |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010. MiAaHDL |
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Nurses -- Supply and demand -- United States.
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Nurses -- Supply and demand. |
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United States. |
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Nurses' aides -- Supply and demand -- United States.
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Nurses' aides -- Supply and demand. |
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Nurses' aides. |
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Hospital care -- United States.
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Hospital care. |
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Nursing home care -- United States.
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Nursing home care. |
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Nursing Staff -- supply & distribution. |
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Nursing Staff, Hospital. |
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Nursing Homes. |
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Wunderlich, Gooloo S.
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Sloan, Frank A.
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Davis, Carolyne K.
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Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Committee on the Adequacy of Nurse Staffing in Hospitals and Nursing Homes.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Nursing staff in hospitals and nursing homes. Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1996 0309053986 (DLC) 96000117 (OCoLC)34121033 |
| ISBN |
0585022178 (electronic book) |
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9780585022178 (electronic book) |
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0309053986 (paperback) |
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9780309053983 (paperback) |
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