Why is change a challenge in acute mental health wards? A cross-sectional investigation of the relationships between burnout, occupational status and nurses’ perceptions of barriers to change

International Journal of Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 190-198

  Laker, Caroline ^a,b   Cella, Matteo ^a   Callard, Felicity ^c   Wykes, Til ^a,d  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ANGLIA RUSKIN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d BETHLEM ROYAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

mental health wards; nursing; opinions; organizational change

Indexed keywords

ADULT; BURNOUT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; ORGANIZATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BURNOUT, PROFESSIONAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL INNOVATION; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT, HOSPITAL; PSYCHIATRIC NURSING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 85050497688     PISSN: 14458330     EISSN: 14470349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/inm.12517     Document Type: Article

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