A multi-method study on the quality of the nurse work environment in acute-care hospitals: Positioning Switzerland in the Magnet hospital research

Swiss Medical Weekly

Volumn 142, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Desme dt, Mario ^b   De Geest, Sabina ^a   Schubert, Maria ^c   Schwendimann, René ^a   Ausserhofer, Dietmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b Hôpital du Valais Spital Wallis   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Acute Care Hospitals; Magnet Status; Nurse Work Environment; Practice Environment Scale; Switzerland

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSING MANAGEMENT; NURSING STAFF; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY CONTROL; SWITZERLAND; WORK ENVIRONMENT; ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BENCHMARKING; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATION; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ADMINISTRATION RESEARCH; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PERSONNEL STAFFING AND SCHEDULING; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SWITZERLAND; WORKPLACE;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84877690856     PISSN: 14247860     EISSN: 14243997     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4414/smw.2012.13733     Document Type: Article

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