Nurses' work environments, care rationing, job outcomes, and quality of care on neonatal units

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 66, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2213-2224

  Rochefort, Christian M ^a   Clarke, Sean P ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burnout; Care rationing; Job outcomes; Job satisfaction; Neonatal units; Nurses; Quality of care; Work environments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURNOUT; CANADA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE RATIONING; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUEBEC; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; WORKLOAD; WORKPLACE;

EID: 77956287759     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2010.05376.x     Document Type: Article

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