Front-line management, staffing and nurse-doctor relationships as predictors of nurse and patient outcomes. A survey of Icelandic hospital nurses

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 920-927

  Gunnarsdóttir, Sigrún ^a   Clarke, Sean P ^b,c   Rafferty, Anne Marie ^d   Nutbeam, Don ^e  

^a LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^b Center for Health Outcomes and Policy Research   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burnout; Front line management; Job satisfaction; NWI R; Quality of care; Staffing; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ICELAND; INFORMATION PROCESSING; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; ICELAND; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 67149092795     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2006.11.007     Document Type: Article

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