The relationship between nursing leadership and patient outcomes: A systematic review

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 508-521

  Wong, Carol A ^a,b   Cummings, Greta G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nursing leadership; Patient outcomes; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; METHODOLOGY; MORTALITY; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

DATA COLLECTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34250303065     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2007.00723.x     Document Type: Article

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