Product Description: Quality Work Environments for Nurse and Patient Safety presents a comprehensive, critical review and analysis of the literature for the ten variables that impact the nursing work environment, and ultimately, patient safety. Each chapter explores a specific indicator, the instruments used to measure it, and the reliability and validity of each, then makes recommendations regarding the strength of the evidence linking the indicator to nurse, system, and patient outcomes...read more

Product Description: This text is an invaluable resource for nurse researchers, scholars, and health care professionals committed to effective, quality nursing care as evidenced by nursing-sensitive outcomes measurement. The authors provide a comprehensive review of literature specific to outcomes measurement for self-care, symptom control, pain, adverse occurrences, and patient satisfaction...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)