Patient safety and job-related stress: A focus group study

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 90-97

  Berland, Astrid ^a   Natvig, Gerd Karin ^a   Gundersen, Doris ^b  

^a WESTERN NORWAY UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b HAUGESUND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Focus groups; Job strain model; Patient safety; Work stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CONFLICT; CONTROL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CONFLICT (PSYCHOLOGY); FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT ADVOCACY; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 40749104153     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2007.11.001     Document Type: Article

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