Hospital nurses' work environment, quality of care provided and career plans

International Nursing Review

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 255-262

  Hinno, S ^a   Partanen, P ^a   Vehvilainen Julkunen K ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Career intent; Hospital nurses; Quality of care; The netherlands; Work environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; EDUCATION, NURSING, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79955728810     PISSN: 00208132     EISSN: 14667657     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1466-7657.2010.00851.x     Document Type: Article

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