How do charge nurses view their roles in long-term care?

Journal of Applied Gerontology

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 723-742

  McGilton, Katherine S ^a,b   Bowers, Barbara ^c   McKenzie Green, Barbara ^d   Boscart, Veronique ^a,b   Brown, Maryanne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d AUCKLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Charge nurse; Leadership; Long term care facilities; Nursing homes; Supervisors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CHARGE NURSE; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HUMAN; JOB PERFORMANCE; LEADERSHIP; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING HOME; NURSING ROLE; PERCEPTION; PERSONNEL SHORTAGE; REGISTERED NURSE; WORK EXPERIENCE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 74049112957     PISSN: 07334648     EISSN: 15524523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0733464809336088     Document Type: Article

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