Reliability and validity of an instrument assessing nurses' attitudes about healthy work environments in hospitals

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 18-26

  Mays, Mary Z ^a   Hrabe, David P ^a   Stevens, Carol J ^a  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Collaboration; Retention; Turnover; Validation study; Work environment

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651376158     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2010.01135.x     Document Type: Article

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