Decisional involvement of senior nurse leaders in Canadian acute care hospitals

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 122-133

  Wong, Carol A ^a   Laschinger, Heather ^a,b   Cummings, Greta G ^b,c   Vincent, Leslie ^c   O'connor, Patty ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Acute care; Decision making; Hospitals; Influence; Leadership; Nurse executive

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY HOSPITAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; LEADERSHIP; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; CANADA; CRITICAL CARE; DECISION MAKING, ORGANIZATIONAL; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS, COMMUNITY; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PERCEPTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 77956109777     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2010.01053.x     Document Type: Article

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