title: Nurse relationships and work group disruption.
abstract: As nursing administrators and managers respond to healthcare reform pressures with downsizing, rightsizing, and work group reorganization, they need to pay attention to and support the nursing work group relationships. A study of 908 registered nurses (RNs) in a variety of nursing work environments in four hospitals indicates that interpersonal relationships are an important part of job satisfaction, that there is a relationship between some types of work group disruption and RN satisfaction with interpersonal relationships, and that there is a relationship between work group disruption and RN perceptions of patient safety/quality of care.
authors.affiliation: University of Washington, Bothell, USA.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Leppa
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D006126:Group Processes; D006127:Group Structure; D006272:Health Facility Environment; D006757:Hospital Units; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D014481:United States; D000078329:Workforce