Nursing unit teams matter: Impact of unit-level nurse practice environment, nurse work characteristics, and burnout on nurse reported job outcomes, and quality of care, and patient adverse events-A cross-sectional survey

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1123-1134

  Van Bogaert, Peter ^a,b   Timmermans, Olaf ^a,c   Weeks, Susan Mace ^d   van Heusden, Danny ^a,b   Wouters, Kristien ^b   Franck, Erik ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^c HZ UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^d TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e Karel de Grote University College Antwerp   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Burnout; Job satisfaction; Multilevel modelling; Nurse practice environment; Nurse retention; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BURNOUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADULT; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84902315935     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2013.12.009     Document Type: Article

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