Factors in the practice environment of nurses working in inpatient mental health: A partial least squares path modeling approach

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1475-1486

  Roche, Michael ^a   Duffield, Christine ^a   White, Edward ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Hospital nursing staff; Mental health nursing; Partial least squares path modeling; Practice environment; Therapeutic relationships

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; LEAST-SQUARES ANALYSIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL;

EID: 81855176072     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2011.07.001     Document Type: Article

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