Staff engagement as a target for managing work environments in psychiatric hospitals: Implications for workforce stability and quality of care

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 11-12, 2013, Pages 1717-1728

  Van Bogaert, Peter ^a,b   Clarke, Sean ^c   Willems, Riet ^d   Mondelaers, Mieke ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d Public Psychiatric Hospital Geel   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Mental health care; Nurse practice environment; Nurse retention; Quality of care; Work engagement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PSYCHIATRIC; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84876197741     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2012.04341.x     Document Type: Article

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