Healthy work environments and staff nurse retention: The relationship between communication, collaboration, and leadership in the pediatric intensive care unit

Nursing Administration Quarterly

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 356-370

  Blake, Nancy ^a   Leach, Linda Searle ^b   Robbins, Wendy ^b   Pike, Nancy ^b   Needleman, Jack ^c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL LOS ANGELES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

collaboration; communication; healthy work environment; intent to leave; leadership; nurses' work environment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COOPERATION; DOCTOR NURSE RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MANPOWER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ADMINISTRATOR; NURSING STAFF; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AGED; CHILD; COMMUNICATION; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ADMINISTRATORS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH; PERSONNEL TURNOVER; PHYSICIAN-NURSE RELATIONS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84884869730     PISSN: 03639568     EISSN: 15505103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NAQ.0b013e3182a2fa47     Document Type: Article

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