Measuring the hospital practice environment: A Canadian context

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 256-268

  Estabrooks, Carole A ^a,c   Tourangeau, Ann E ^b,c   Humphrey, Charles K ^a   Hesketh, Kathryn L ^a   Giovannetti, Phyllis ^a   Thomson, Donna ^b   Wong, Jennifer ^d   Acorn, Sonia ^d   Clarke, Heather ^e   Shamian, Judith ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTE FOR CLINICAL EVALUATIVE SCIENCES   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^e Research and Evaluation Consulting   (Canada)

^f HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Hospital outcomes; Nursing practice environment; Nursing practice environment index; Nursing Work Index; NWI; NWI R; PEI; Psychometrics

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; EDUCATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 11244346825     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.10043     Document Type: Article

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