Nurses' reports of working conditions and hospital quality of care in 12 countries in Europe

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 143-153

  Aiken, Linda H ^a   Sloane, Douglas M ^a   Bruyneel, Luk ^b   Van den Heede, Koen ^c   Sermeus, Walter ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c BELGIAN HEALTH CARE KNOWLEDGE CENTRE KCE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Hospital nurse workforce; Quality and safety of care; RN4CAST

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; NURSING STAFF; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84872396916     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2012.11.009     Document Type: Article

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