Differences in intensive care unit work environments among and within hospitals using subscales and a composite measure of the Revised Nursing Work Index

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 67, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2637-2648

  Cho, Sung Hyun ^a   Mark, Barbara A ^b   Yun, Sung Cheol ^c   June, Kyung Ja ^d  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Nurse; Nurse work environment; Nursing Work Index

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOUTH KOREA; STANDARD; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; WORKPLACE;

EID: 81955168083     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05713.x     Document Type: Article

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