Higher quality of care and patient safety associated with better NICU work environments

Journal of Nursing Care Quality

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 24-32

  Lake, Eileen T ^a   Hallowell, Sunny G ^a   Kutney Lee, Ann ^a   Hatfield, Linda A ^a,b   Guidice, Mary Del ^b   Boxer, Bruce Alan ^c   Ellis, Lauren N ^b   Verica, Lindsey ^b   Aiken, Linda H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Neonatal intensive care; Nursing; Quality of care; Safety; Work environment

Indexed keywords

HOSPITAL; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; STAFF NURSE; WORK ENVIRONMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; INFANT; JOB SATISFACTION; MANPOWER; NEONATAL INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NEWBORN NURSING; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; JOB SATISFACTION; NEONATAL NURSING; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84948463489     PISSN: 10573631     EISSN: 15505065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCQ.0000000000000146     Document Type: Article

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