Research article

Classifying nursing organization in wards in Norwegian hospitals: self-identification versus observation

Ingeborg S Sjetne^1,²^*, Jon Helgeland¹ and Knut Stavem^3,^4,⁵

¹ Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services, PO Box 7004, St Olavs plass, N-0130 Oslo, Norway

² Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences, University of Oslo, Norway

³ Medical Division, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway

⁴ Helse Sør-Øst Health Services Research Centre, Lørenskog, Norway

⁵ Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway

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BMC Nursing 2010, 9:3 doi:10.1186/1472-6955-9-3

Published: 9 February 2010

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Appendix 1. Nurses' Questionnaire

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Appendix 2. Discriminant function coefficients: three-cluster solution

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