Table 1 Keywords used to search MEDLINE
From: Measuring nurses’ perception of work environment: a scoping review of questionnaires
Work environment and outcomes |
occupational health, occupational safety, employee health, employee safety or occupational injury, working conditions, practice environment, work environment, workload, overwork, work stressor, nurse-patient-ratio, missed or omitted or rationing, nursing left undone or care left undone, work schedule tolerance, workday shifts, work shift, rotating shift, workday shift, work schedule, work rest cycle, personnel turnover, employee turnover, turnover or intention-to-leave, vacancy, personnel staffing and scheduling, work scheduling, staffing, manpower, burnout, professional, occupational stress, burnout, exhaustion, distress, occupational stress, absenteeism, sick leave, sick rate, sick day, illness day, jobwork-, employee-, career satisfaction, employee grievances, personnel-, work-, staff-, nursing grievance, job dissatisfaction, work dissatisfaction, organizational- culture, −behaviour, −climate, morale, motivation, commitment, involvement, professional autonomy, professional self-regulation, professional power, empowerment, conflict resolution, leadership- style –qualities, management style, managerial, conflict resolution, efficiency, organizational-, effectiveness, efficiency, productivity, performance, workflow, task performance, interprofessional relations, relation, nurse-physician, nurse-nurse, skill mix, RN mix, career mobility, professional development, learning plan, career development, clinical ladder, career ladder, job ladder, continuing education, advancement, staff experience, staff knowledge, scope of practice, professional practice, care activities, quality of health care, health care quality, quality of nursing care, nursing outcome, quality, healthcare, care, service, nursing, patient safety, patient harm, patient safety, safety |
Nursing personnel |
nurse, nursing staff, nurses’ aides, nursing assistant, nursing personnel, nursing workforce, nursing assistant, nursing home personnel or healthcare aide, care aide, healthcare attendant, care attendant, HCA or resident companion, geriatric aide |
Surveys and questionnaires |
health care surveys, −questionnaires, survey, questionnaire, reproducibility of results, validation studies, test validity, statistical validity, test reliability, statistical reliability, interrater reliability, validity, reliability, validated, reproducibility |
Limitations |
English, Norwegian, Danish or Swedish language |