Special Features: Health Policy: Organizational Attributes That Assure Optimal Utilization of Public Health Nurses

Public Health Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 433-441

  Meagher Stewart, Donna ^a   Underwood, Jane ^b   MacDonald, Mary ^c   Schoenfeld, Bonnie ^c   Blythe, Jennifer ^b   Knibbs, Kristin ^c   Munroe, Val ^d   Lavoie Tremblay, Mélanie ^e   Ehrlich, Anne ^b   Ganann, Rebecca ^b   Crea, Mary ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d VANCOUVER COASTAL HEALTH   (Canada)

^e MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nursing administration; Organizations; Public health nursing practice; Public health systems

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; MANPOWER; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; POLICY; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

CANADA; EFFICIENCY; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; LEARNING; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH NURSING; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 78649478900     PISSN: 07371209     EISSN: 15251446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2010.00876.x     Document Type: Article

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