Factors associated with staff injuries in intermediate care facilities in British Columbia, Canada

Nursing Research

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 87-98

  Yassi, Annalee ^a   Cohen, Marcy ^b   Cvitkovich, Yuri ^a   Park, Il Hyoek ^a   Ratner, Pamela A ^a   Ostry, Aleck S ^a   Village, Judy ^a   Pollak, Nancy ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Hospital Employees' Union   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nursing homes; Organizational climate; Organizational culture; Staff injury rates

Indexed keywords

BURNOUT; CANADA; ERGONOMICS; HUMAN; NURSING HOME; OCCUPATIONAL ACCIDENT; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SATISFACTION; WORK ENVIRONMENT; WORKLOAD; ARTICLE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INJURY; JOB SATISFACTION; PARAMEDICAL PERSONNEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS;

ALLIED HEALTH PERSONNEL; BRITISH COLUMBIA; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; INTERMEDIATE CARE FACILITIES; JOB SATISFACTION; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 2142765241     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200403000-00004     Document Type: Review

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