Reducing Turnover and Improving Health Care in Nursing Homes
Open Access
- 1 June 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Gerontologist
- Vol. 40 (3) , 358-363
- https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/40.3.358
Abstract
This article describes the use of self-managed work teams (SMWTs) in a nursing home, their potential impacts on the provision of health care and employee satisfaction and turnover, and the factors reported to be important to SMWT effectiveness. Three SMWTs in a midsized nursing home in Wisconsin provide examples. Steps for implementing SMWTs are described.Keywords
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