Promoting patient care: Work engagement as a mediator between ward service climate and patient-centred care

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1276-1287

  Abdelhadi, Nasra ^a   Drach Zahavy, Anat ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Patient centred care; Service climate; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT-CENTERED CARE; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84860345816     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05834.x     Document Type: Article

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