Effect of acute and chronic job demands on effective individual teamwork behaviour in medical emergencies

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1573-1583

  Gevers, Josette ^a   van Erven, Pierre ^a   de Jonge, Jan ^a   Maas, Maaike ^b   de Jong, Jos ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Job demands; Job strain; Job stress; Medical emergencies; Nursing; Teamwork

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EMERGENCY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MEDICAL STAFF; MENTAL STRESS; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; WORKLOAD;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMERGENCIES; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 77954183989     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05314.x     Document Type: Article

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