Nursing work environment and quality of care: Differences between units at the same hospital

International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 313-322

  McCusker, Jane ^a,b   Dendukuri, Nandini ^a,b   Cardinal, Linda ^c   Laplante, Johanne ^c   Bambonye, Linda ^c  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Canada; Hospitals; Institutional care; Nursing; Quality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKPLACE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CANADA; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; NURSING SERVICE, HOSPITAL; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 16544391138     PISSN: 09526862     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09526860410557561     Document Type: Article

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