Critical care nurse work environments 2013: A status report

Critical Care Nurse

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 64-79

  Ulrich, Beth T ^a,b   Lavandero, Ramón ^b,c   Woods, Dana ^b   Early, Sean ^d  

^a Innovative Health Resources ^*  (United States)

^b American Association of Critical Care Nurses   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE NURSING; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CRITICAL CARE NURSING; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JOB SATISFACTION; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84939239702     PISSN: 02795442     EISSN: 19408250     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ccn2014731     Document Type: Article

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