The Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index: An updated review and recommendations for use

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 74, Issue , 2017, Pages 76-84

  Swiger, Pauline A ^a   Patrician, Patricia A ^b   Raju, Dheeraj ^a   Breckenridge Sproat, Sara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b Susie)   (United States)

^c US Army Nurse Corps   (Germany)

Author keywords

Narrative review; Nursing work environment; PES NWI; Practice Environment Scale of the Nursing Work Index

Indexed keywords

CINAHL; CLINICAL STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMBASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; NARRATIVE; NURSING PRACTICE; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; SCIENTIST; WORK ENVIRONMENT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF; WORKPLACE;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; NURSING PROCESS; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; WORKPLACE;

EID: 85020907659     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2017.06.003     Document Type: Review

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