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Volume 13, Issue 1 , Pages 16-22 , 2006

Methods of measuring nursing workload in Australia

    Professor
  • Christine Duffield, BScN MHP PhD RN (Professor of Nursing and Health Services Management Director, Centre for Health Services Management)
    • ,
  • Michael Roche, DipASc BHSc MHSc RN (Project Coordinator, Centre for Health Services Management)
    • ,
  • Eamon Thomas Merrick, BHSc MHSM RN (Research Assistant, Centre for Health Services Management)

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