Hospital nurses' working conditions in relation to motivation and patient safety

Nursing Management

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 31-41

  Toode, Kristi ^a,b   Routasalo, Pirkko ^c   Helminen, Mika ^a   Suominen, Tarja ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b North Estonia Medical Centre   (Estonia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Hospital nurse; Patient safety; Work motivation; Working conditions; Workplace characteristics

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSE; NURSING STAFF; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; PSYCHOLOGY; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSES; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL AUTONOMY; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84930063231     PISSN: 13545760     EISSN: 20478976     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.7748/nm.21.10.31.e1293     Document Type: Article

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