Examining the Dimensions of Hospital Safety Climate and Psychosocial Risk Factors Among Japanese Nurses

Journal of Transcultural Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 257-264

  Smith, Derek R ^a   Muto, Takashi ^b   Sairenchi, Toshimi ^b   Ishikawa, Yumiko ^b   Sayama, Shizue ^b   Yoshida, Atsushi ^b   Townley Jones, Maureen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b DOKKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

factor analysis; factorial design; internal reliability; Japan; nurses; safety climate; survey design

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; ORGANIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; NURSING; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SAFETY; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79958734462     PISSN: 10436596     EISSN: 15527832     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1043659611404423     Document Type: Article

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