Exploring nursing home staff's perceptions of communication and leadership to facilitate quality improvement

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 242-252

  Scott Cawiezell, Jill ^a   Schenkman, Margaret ^b   Moore, Laurie ^b   Vojir, Carol ^b   Connolly, Robert P ^c   Pratt, Mary ^c   Palmer, Laura ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c Centers Medicare Medicaid Ctr B   (United States)

^d Colorado Foundation for Medical Care ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Communication; Leadership; Nursing homes; Quality improvement

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; PERCEPTION; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; MOTIVATION; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING; NURSING ASSISTANT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSES' AIDES; NURSING HOMES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 4544328980     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001786-200407000-00011     Document Type: Article

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