The impact on the workload of the Ward Manager with the introduction of administrative assistants

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 177-185

  Locke, Rachel ^a   Leach, Camilla ^b   Kitsell, Fleur ^b   Griffith, Jacki ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Workforce and Education   (United Kingdom)

^c Clinical Standards and Workforce South Central Strategic Health Authority ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Administrative support; Clinical care; Nurse leadership; Ward Manager; Workload

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MORALITY; MOTIVATION; NURSING; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MORALE; MOTIVATION; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; NURSING, SUPERVISORY; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; PILOT PROJECTS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; WORKLOAD;

EID: 79952357472     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01229.x     Document Type: Article

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