Nursing practice environment and care quality in nursing homes

Affiliations

¹ Elizabeth White is a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research at the Brown University School of Public Health in Providence, R.I. At Genesis Healthcare in Pottsville, Pa. Erin Woodford is the director of population health for division II and III and Julie Britton is the senior vice president of clinical operations. At the American Nurses Credentialing Center in Silver Spring, Md., Lynn Newberry is the education and outreach program manager and Christine Pabico is the director of the Pathway to Excellence program.

Elizabeth White et al. Nurs Manage. 2020 Jun.

. 2020 Jun;51(6):9-12.

doi: 10.1097/01.NUMA.0000662656.07901.a8.

¹ Elizabeth White is a postdoctoral fellow in the Center for Gerontology and Healthcare Research at the Brown University School of Public Health in Providence, R.I. At Genesis Healthcare in Pottsville, Pa. Erin Woodford is the director of population health for division II and III and Julie Britton is the senior vice president of clinical operations. At the American Nurses Credentialing Center in Silver Spring, Md., Lynn Newberry is the education and outreach program manager and Christine Pabico is the director of the Pathway to Excellence program.

Abstract

A case study of the Pathway to Excellence in Long-Term Care model.

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