AACN Healthy Work Environments Essential Standards
Overviews, Standards, & Current Research
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The healthy work environment standards: ten years laterAACN Advanced Critical Care. 26(2):97-8, 2015
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Hospital Nurses' Work Environment Characteristics and Patient Safety Outcomes: A Literature ReviewWest J Nurs Res. 2018 Jan;40(1):121-145
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Reflective practices: meaningful recognition for healthy work environmentsNursing Management (Harrow). 24(10):30-34, 2018
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Relationship Between Work Environments, Nurse Outcomes, and Quality of Care in ICUs: Mediating Role of Nursing Care Left UndoneJ Nurs Care Qual. 2019 Jul/Sep;34(3):250-255
Projects & Programs
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Beyond Clinical Skills: Advancing the Healthy Work EnvironmentJournal for Nurses in Professional Development 35(1), January/February 2019, p 48-49
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Projects for increasing job satisfaction and creating a healthy work environmentAORN Journal. 100(6):670-81, 2014
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Programs That Support a Healthy Work EnvironmentAACN Advanced Critical Care. 27(3):266-268, 2016
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Barriers to Implementing and Sustaining Healthy Work EnvironmentsAACN Adv Crit Care. 2016 Feb;27(1):21-3
For Leaders
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The CNO's role in a healthy work environmentNursing Management. 49(10):22-28, 2018
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Measuring Nurse Leaders' and Direct Care Nurses' Perceptions of a Healthy Work Environment in Acute Care Settings, Part 3: Healthy Work Environment Scales for Nurse Leaders and Direct Care NursesJournal of Nursing Administration. 47(3):140-146, 2017
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The Relationship of Nurse Manager Competencies, Nurse Practice Environment, and Frontline Nurses’ Intent to Stay: A Mediation Analysis (dissertation)Pabico, Christine, Ph.D., University of Kansas, 2019
Surveys & Tools
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Interprofessional Use and Validation of the AACN Healthy Work Environment Assessment ToolAmerican Journal of Critical Care. 27(5):363-371
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Development and Testing of the Healthy Work Environment Inventory: A Reliable Tool for Assessing Work Environment Health and SatisfactionJournal of Nursing Education; Thorofare Vol. 55, Iss. 10, (Oct 2016): 555-562
Position Statements
Toolkits, Courses, & Resources
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CDC Workplace Violence Prevention for Nursesfree, online course
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PACERS Civility ToolkitStop Bullying Toolkit
Books on Bullying
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Bullying in the Workplace
Call Number: WY 88 L85 2012
