Service quality in hospital wards with different nursing organization: Nurses' ratings

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 325-336

  Sjetne, Ingeborg S ^a,b   Veenstra, Marijke ^c   Ellefsen, Bodil ^b   Stavem, Knut ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN KNOWLEDGE CENTRE FOR THE HEALTH SERVICES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN SOCIAL RESEARCH NOVA   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Hospital wards; Nurse physician relationships; Nursing management; Organizational models; Primary nursing; Service quality; Team nursing

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODEL; MULTICENTER STUDY; NORWAY; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; STANDARD;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, NURSING; NORWAY; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 58449132576     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2008.04873.x     Document Type: Article

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