Measuring Organizational Traits of Hospitals: The Revised Nursing Work Index
Nursing ResearchPublished 1 May 2000
Linda H. Aiken, Patricia A. Patrician
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The NWI-R has been found to capture organizational attributes that characterize professional nursing practice environments and its ability to explain differences in nurse burnout is found.
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The NWI-R has been found to capture organizational attributes that characterize professional nursing practice environments.
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