Are nurses' assessments of their workload affected by non-patient factors? An analysis of the RAFAELA system

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 490-499

  Rauhala, Auvo ^a   Fagerström, Lisbeth ^b  

^a VAASA CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b Swedish Polytechnic   (Finland)

Author keywords

Nursing care intensity; Occupational; Patient classification; Personnel staffing and scheduling; Stress; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FINLAND; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY; WORKLOAD;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FINLAND; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; JOB SATISFACTION; LINEAR MODELS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; WORKLOAD;

EID: 34250324657     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2007.00645.x     Document Type: Article

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