Development and Psychometric Evaluation of an Instrument to Measure Staff Nurses' Perception of Uncertainty in the Hospital Environment

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 33-48

  Salyer, Jeanne ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; EVALUATION STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0030154949     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.4.1.33     Document Type: Article

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