Who's talking? Communication and the casual/part-time nurse: A literature review

Contemporary Nurse

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 20-29

  Batch, Mary ^a   Barnard, Alan ^a   Windsor, Carol ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Casualisation; Communication; Health care organisations; Nursing

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION DISORDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REVIEW; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNICATION BARRIERS; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 73949109492     PISSN: 10376178     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5172/conu.33.1.20     Document Type: Article

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