Structural empowerment and anticipated turnover among critical care nurses

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 269-276

  Hauck, Antoinette ^a   Quinn Griffin, Mary T ^b   Fitzpatrick, Joyce J ^b  

^a St Joseph Hospital   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anticipated turnover; Critical care nurses; Practice environment; Structural empowerment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; CRITICAL CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSING; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WORKLOAD;

EID: 79952329479     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01205.x     Document Type: Article

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