Clinical nurses in Magnet hospitals confirm productive, healthy unit work environments

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 5-17

  Kramer, Marlene ^a   Maguire, Pat ^b   Brewer, Barbara B ^c  

^a Health Science Research Associates   (United States)

^b Engineering Center   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

Author keywords

Essential work processes and relationships; Gap analysis; Healthy work environment; Magnet hospitals; patient care units

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651354923     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2010.01211.x     Document Type: Article

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