title: Basis of the quality of nursing care. A short quantitative description.
abstract: The purpose of the study is to create a descriptive evaluation basis for the quality of nursing care. In this article a short quantitative description of the most frequent elements of good nursing care is reported, using the views of Finnish nurses and nurse teachers. These elements are: interaction, comprehensiveness, need-centerness, initiativeness, technical procedures and knowledge-base. Based on these, further research areas can be seen both in nursing practice and in education.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Leino-Kilpi
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005181:Faculty, Nursing; D005387:Finland; D006801:Humans; D009732:Nursing Care / Q000592:standards*; D015403:Nursing Evaluation Research / Q000379:methods*; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000523:psychology; D011787:Quality of Health Care