Validation of the Brazilian version of the Nursing Work Index-Revised (B-NWI-R)

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 23-24, 2011, Pages 3494-3501

  Gasparino, Renata C ^a   De Brito Guirardello, Edinêis ^b   Aiken, Linda H ^c  

^a Heart Institute of São Paulo   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

B NWI R; Health facility environment; Nurse work environment; Nurses; Nursing; Validation studies

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; NURSING; VALIDATION STUDY;

BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; NURSING;

EID: 81155150240     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03776.x     Document Type: Article

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