Strengthening the nursing and midwifery unit manager role: An interim programme evaluation

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 120-129

  Clarke, Elizabeth ^a   Diers, Donna ^b   Kunisch, Judith ^b   Duffield, Christine ^c   Thoms, Debra ^d   Hawes, Sue ^e   Stasa, Helen ^c   Fry, Margaret ^c  

^a Mount Saint Joseph Hospital   (Canada)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d Department of Health NSW ^*  (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Evaluation; Nurse managers; Nursing leadership; Nursing unit management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; METHODOLOGY; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE MIDWIFE; NURSING EDUCATION; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PREGNANCY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSE MIDWIVES; NURSE'S ROLE; NURSING EDUCATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PREGNANCY; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84855535938     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01331.x     Document Type: Article

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