Self-Managed Work Teams in Nursing Homes: Implementing and Empowering Nurse Aide Teams

Gerontologist

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 256-261

  Yeatts, Dale E ^a   Cready, Cynthia ^a   Ray, Beth ^a   DeWitt, Amy ^a   Queen, Courtney ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Certified nurse aides; Long term care; Nursing homes; Self managed work teams; Staff empowerment

Indexed keywords

AGED; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; NURSE; NURSE AIDE; NURSING HOME; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; REVIEW; TEAMWORK;

EID: 2142648656     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/44.2.256     Document Type: Review

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