Assessment of the Critical Care Work Environment of Intensive Care Unit Nurses in Saudi Arabia

Nurses play a major role in the delivery of complex and challenging critical care in intensive care units (ICUs). Assessment of work environment is essential indicators of hospital management and can be applied to workforce planning and identifying nursing profession needs. The American Association...

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