Structural empowerment and patient safety culture among registered nurses working in adult critical care units.

Donna Armellino; Mary T Quinn Griffin; Joyce J. Fitzpatrick

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Structural empowerment and patient safety culture among registered nurses working in adult critical care units.

November 3, 2010

Armellino D, Griffin MTQ, Fitzpatrick JJ. J Nurs Manag. 2010;18(7):796-803.

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Nurses who perceived greater levels of organizational support and fewer authority gradients also had a more positive opinion of safety culture.

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