Poor work environments and nurse inexperience are associated with burnout, job dissatisfaction and quality deficits in Japanese hospitals

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 24, 2008, Pages 3324-3329

  Kanai Pak, Masako ^a,b   Aiken, Linda H ^c,d   Sloane, Douglas M ^d   Poghosyan, Lusine ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

^b TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Department of Nursing and Sociology ^*

^d UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Burnout; Nurses; Nursing; Practice; Quality of care; Research

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; JAPAN; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 56149103087     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02639.x     Document Type: Article

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