Workplace empowerment and magnet hospital characteristics as predictors of patient safety climate.

Kevin Armstrong; Heather Laschinger; Carol Wong

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Workplace empowerment and magnet hospital characteristics as predictors of patient safety climate.

June 25, 2008

Armstrong K, Laschinger H, Wong C. J Nurs Care Qua. 2009;24(1):55-62.

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This survey evaluated hospital organizational characteristics that influence nurses' perception of the culture of safety.

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