Development and psychometric evaluation of the core nurse resource scale

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1048-1059

  Simpson, Michelle R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Nurse resources; Quality outcomes; Work engagement; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; NURSING; NURSING RESEARCH; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HUMANS; NURSING RESEARCH; NURSING, PRACTICAL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 78649438998     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2010.01137.x     Document Type: Article

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