International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 55-65 , January 2009

Practice environments and their associations with nurse-reported outcomes in Belgian hospitals: Development and preliminary validation of a Dutch adaptation of the Revised Nursing Work Index

  • Peter Van Bogaert

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, University Hospital Antwerp, Operating Room, Wilrijkstraat 10, B-2650 Edegem, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +32 3 821 47 04.
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  • Sean Clarke

      Affiliations

    • University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing, Center of Health Outcomes and Policy Research, United States
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  • Karel Vermeyen

      Affiliations

    • University Hospital Leuven, Belgium
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  • Herman Meulemans

      Affiliations

    • Department of Sociology, University of Antwerp, Belgium
    • ,
  • Paul Van de Heyning

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Medicine, Department Otolaryngology and Communication Disorders, University Hospital Antwerp, Belgium

Received 25 February 2008 ,Revised 24 July 2008 ,Accepted 28 July 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.07.009

International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 55-65 , January 2009

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