'Poppets and parcels': The links between staff experience of work and acutely ill older peoples' experience of hospital care

International Journal of Older People Nursing

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 83-94

  Maben, Jill ^a   Adams, Mary ^a   Peccei, Riccardo ^a   Murrells, Trevor ^a   Robert, Glenn ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute care; Nursing care quality; Older people; Patient experience; Staff well being; Team climate; Unpopular patient

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MANPOWER; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING PRACTICE; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PERSONHOOD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC RELATIONS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKLOAD;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; ENGLAND; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; NURSE'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENTS; PERSONHOOD; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; WAITING LISTS; WORKLOAD;

EID: 84860346902     PISSN: 17483735     EISSN: 17483743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1748-3743.2012.00326.x     Document Type: Article

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