Nursing practice environment and registered nurses'job satisfaction in nursing homes

Gerontologist

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 484-492

  Choi, Jisun ^a   Flynn, Linda ^b   Aiken, Linda H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b New Jersey   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Multilevel modeling; Nurse outcome; Nursing homeorganization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH FACILITY ENVIRONMENT; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILEVEL ANALYSIS; NEW JERSEY; NURSING HOMES; NURSING STAFF; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; OWNERSHIP;

EID: 84863920380     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnr101     Document Type: Article

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