Hospitals' organizational variables and patients' perceptions of individualized nursing care in Finland

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 197-206

  Suhonen, Riitta ^a,b,e   Välimäki, Maritta ^b,c   Katajisto, Jouko ^b   Leino Kilpi, Helena ^b,d  

^a Forssa Hospital   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^c Varsinais Suomi Hospital District

^d TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e Turku University Hospital ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Clinical; Hospitals; Nursing practice; Organizational structure; Primary nursing; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FINLAND; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MODEL; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; NURSING CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FINLAND; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MODELS, NURSING; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, TEAM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PRIMARY NURSING CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33847376010     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2007.00650.x     Document Type: Article

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