Does nursing leadership affect the quality of care in the community setting?

Journal of Nursing Management

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 372-381

  Haycock Stuart, Elaine ^a   Kean, Susanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Community nursing; Leadership; Management; Quality; Service organisation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEADERSHIP; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; STANDARD; UNITED KINGDOM;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; FOCUS GROUPS; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84860236517     PISSN: 09660429     EISSN: 1365263X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2834.2011.01309.x     Document Type: Article

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