Incentives and procedures effective in increasing survey participation of professional nurses in hospitals

Nursing Administration Quarterly

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 174-187

  Kramer, Marlene ^a,d   Schmalenberg, Claudia ^b   Keller Unger, Jan L ^c  

^a Health Science Research Associates   (United States)

^b Health Science Research Associates   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Best leadership management practices survey response rates; Healthy hospital work environments; Simultaneity work complexity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; MOTIVATION; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING STAFF; QUALITY CONTROL; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MOTIVATION; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67650133252     PISSN: 03639568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NAQ.0b013e3181a10db6     Document Type: Article

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