title: The relationship between supervisor support and registered nurse outcomes in nursing care units.
abstract: Workplace social support is a major characteristic related to the Job Demand-Control model of job stress. Organizational and managerial support have an effect on nurse satisfaction and burnout. The relationships between perceived supervisor support and measures of nurse occupation-related outcomes were investigated in 3 nursing units within an academic medical center. Nurses with greater levels of perceived supervisor support experienced more positive job outcomes and less negative outcomes, including less occupational stress, than nurses with less perceived supervisor support. Implications for refocusing the role of the nurse supervisor and its effect on multiple nursing occupation-related outcomes are discussed.
authors.affiliation: University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY 40536, USA. dshall1@email.uky.edu
authors.forename: Debra S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Hall
mesh_terms: D000041:Absenteeism; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D002055:Burnout, Professional / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology; D003659:Decision Making, Organizational; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D007629:Kentucky; D008297:Male; D009718:Nurse Administrators / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D024802:Nurse's Role / Q000523:psychology; D015401:Nursing Administration Research; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D009741:Nursing Staff, Hospital / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology*; D009745:Nursing, Supervisory / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015279:Organizational Culture; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D012944:Social Support; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D017132:Workplace / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000523:psychology