Quality focus of the first line nurse manager and relationship to unit outcomes

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 336-342

  Lageson, Catherine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Job satisfaction; Nurse manager; Nursing care quality; Patient satisfaction; Quality care; Staff nurse

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; EXAMINATION; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MANAGER; NURSE; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERCEPTION; PREDICTION;

EID: 11844283305     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200410000-00009     Document Type: Article

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