The rural nurse work environment and structural empowerment

Policy, Politics, and Nursing Practice

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 28-39

  Krebs, Julianne P ^a   Madigan, Elizabeth A ^b   Tullai McGuinness, Susan ^b  

^a Southern State Community College   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Level of structural empowerment by work setting; Magnet hospital characteristics; Nurse work environment; Rural nurses; Structural empowerment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOME CARE SERVICES, HOSPITAL-BASED; HOSPITAL UNITS; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OHIO; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 43949098954     PISSN: 15271544     EISSN: 15527468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1527154408316255     Document Type: Article

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