Critical care nurses' work environments value of excellence in beacon units and magnet organizations

Critical Care Nurse

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 68-77

  Ulrich, Beth T ^a,d   Woods, Dana ^b   Hart, Karen A ^c   Lavandero, Ramón ^b   Leggett, John ^a   Taylor, Diane ^c  

^a Gannett Healthcare Group

^b American Association of Critical Care Nurses   (United States)

^c Bernard Hodes Group   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

CRITICAL CARE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34547660686     PISSN: 02795442     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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