Nurses' perception of shift handovers in Europe - Results from the European Nurses' Early Exit Study

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 535-542

  Meißner, Anne ^a   Hasselhorn, Hans Martin ^b   Estryn Behar, Madeleine ^c   Nézet, Olivier ^c   Pokorski, Janusz ^d   Gould, Dinah ^e  

^a DeTeBerkom GmbH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WUPPERTAL   (Germany)

^c HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^d JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Poland)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Communication; Europe; International comparisons; Nursing; Secondary data analysis; Shift handover; Survey

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ETHICS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; WORK SCHEDULE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 33846983204     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2006.04144.x     Document Type: Article

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