Tangling with the barriers to culture change: Creating a resident-centered nursing home environment

Journal of Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 19-25

  Robinson, Sherry B ^a   Rosher, Richard B ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVALUATION; FAMILY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOME; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PHILOSOPHY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FAMILY; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; PHILOSOPHY, NURSING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 37549041295     PISSN: 00989134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20061001-04     Document Type: Article

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