Consistent Assignment of Nursing Staff to Residents in Nursing Homes: A Critical Review of Conceptual and Methodological Issues | Zendy

Tonya Roberts | Zendy; Kimberly Nolet | Zendy; Barbara J. Bowers | Zendy

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Consistent Assignment of Nursing Staff to Residents in Nursing Homes: A Critical Review of Conceptual and Methodological Issues

Author(s) -

Tonya Roberts,

Kimberly Nolet,

Barbara J. Bowers

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

the gerontologist

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524

H-Index - 138

eISSN - 1758-5341

pISSN - 0016-9013

DOI - 10.1093/geront/gnt101

Subject(s) - operationalization , variety (cybernetics) , quality (philosophy) , psychology , nursing research , psychological intervention , nursing , conceptual framework , nursing homes , management science , applied psychology , medicine , computer science , sociology , epistemology , social science , philosophy , artificial intelligence , economics

Consistent assignment of nursing staff to residents is promoted by a number of national organizations as a strategy for improving nursing home quality and is included in pay for performance schedules in several states. However, research has shown inconsistent effects of consistent assignment on quality outcomes. In order to advance the state of the science of research on consistent assignment and inform current practice and policy, a literature review was conducted to critique conceptual and methodological understandings of consistent assignment.

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