Organizational climate in primary care settings: Implications for nurse practitioner practice

Journal of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 134-140

  Poghosyan, Lusine ^a   Nannini, Angela ^b   Clarke, Sean ^c,d  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS LOWELL   (United States)

^c TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Nurse practitioners; Organizational change; Organizational climate; Organizational culture; Primary care; Work environments

Indexed keywords

DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; HUMAN; NURSE ATTITUDE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; ORGANIZATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE;

HUMANS; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; NURSE'S ROLE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY;

EID: 84874509530     PISSN: 10412972     EISSN: 17457599     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-7599.2012.00765.x     Document Type: Review

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