Fitting in or standing out: Nursing workgroup diversity and unit-level outcomes

Nursing Research

Volumn 55, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 373-380

  Chang, Yun Kyung ^a   Hughes, Linda C ^a   Mark, Barbara ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Nursing workgroup diversity; Organizational demography; Patient outcomes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FALLING; GROUP PROCESS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICATION ERROR; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRODUCTIVITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; CULTURAL DIVERSITY; EFFICIENCY; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MEDICATION ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SATISFACTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33751561580     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200611000-00001     Document Type: Article

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