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Work Environment Perceptions of Staff Nurses and Aides in Home Health Agencies

JONA The Journal of Nursing AdministrationPublished 1 October 1994
Lynn A. Dutcher, Carolyn E. Adams
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TL;DR

Perceptions of the work environment between staff nurses and home health aides in home health agencies were compared and the results suggest that nurse executives need to foster homehealth aides' job commitment and support for one another and increase opportunities for staff nurses to be innovative and autonomous in their practice.

Abstract

Nurse executives are responsible for ensuring a therapeutic work environment in their organizations. Understanding how staff members perceive their environment is the first step in creating such an environment. In this study, perceptions of the work environment between staff nurses and home health aides in home health agencies were compared. The results suggest that nurse executives need to foster home health aides' job commitment and support for one another and increase opportunities for staff nurses to be innovative and autonomous in their practice.

Keywords

Health ProfessionsNursingBusiness, Management and Accounting