Nursing staff mix models and outcomes

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 217-226

  McGillis Hall, Linda ^a,b  

^a CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Effectiveness; Job satisfaction; Quality; Registered Nurses; Role ambiguity; Role conflict; Staff mix

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NURSE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; RANDOMIZATION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; MODEL; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; STANDARD;

HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, PRACTICAL; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0142166153     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02786.x     Document Type: Article

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