Variations in nursing practice environments: Relation to staffing and hospital characteristics

Nursing Research

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-9

  Lake, Eileen T ^a   Friese, Christopher R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hospitals; Nurse staffing; Nursing care; Organization

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; MALE; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MALE; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PENNSYLVANIA; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 31844454339     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200601000-00001     Document Type: Review

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