Nursing competency and organizational climate as perceived by staff nurses in a Chinese university hospital

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 221-227

  Ying, Liu ^a   Kunaviktikul, Wipada ^a   Tonmukayakal, Ouyporn ^a  

^a CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

China; Nursing competency; Organizational climate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE MANAGER; NURSING COMPETENCE; ORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAFF NURSE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHINA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HEALTH TRANSITION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REWARD; SELF ASSESSMENT (PSYCHOLOGY); SELF EFFICACY; THINKING; WORKPLACE;

EID: 34547844355     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2007.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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