Nursing home culture: A critical component in sustained improvement

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 341-348

  Scott Cawiezell, Jill ^a   Jones, Katherine ^b   Moore, Laurie ^c   Vojir, Carol ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Competing values framework; Nursing homes; Organizational attributes; Organizational culture; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

EID: 26444562342     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200510000-00010     Document Type: Article

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