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Perceived Nursing Work Environment Of Critical Care Nurses, Jeungok Choi, S. Bakken, E. Larson, Y. Du, P. Stone Oct 2004

Perceived Nursing Work Environment Of Critical Care Nurses, Jeungok Choi, S. Bakken, E. Larson, Y. Du, P. Stone

Jeungok Choi

BACKGROUND: Different concepts and measures have been used to evaluate the work environment of nurses in hospital settings. There is increasing need for updated measurement tools that reflect the evolving nature of the work environment. OBJECTIVES: To report the psychometric properties of the Perceived Nursing Work Environment (PNWE) instrument, and to compare these results with those of other scales derived from the same background instrument: the Nursing Work Index-Revised. METHODS: The Nursing Work Index-Revised was used in a national survey of critical care nurses. Exploratory principal component analysis with orthogonal rotation was conducted. Psychometric properties were examined. Construct validity was …


The Role Of Hospital Design In The Recruitment, Retention And Performance Of Nhs Nurses In England, David Reid, David Armstrong, Michael Kane Dec 2003

The Role Of Hospital Design In The Recruitment, Retention And Performance Of Nhs Nurses In England, David Reid, David Armstrong, Michael Kane

David N Reid

The primary aim of the research was to explore whether hospital design has an influence on the recruitment, retention and performance of NHS nurses in England, and to further examine which aspects of design matter to nursing staff.